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Senior co-captain Darren Dinneen, junior co-captain Brenda Taylor and junior Dora Gyorffy placed eighth, seventh and second in the 800 meters, 400 hurdles and high jump, respectively. For their performances, all three earned All-America honors. Taylor and Dinneen both set personal records in the process...
...finals, Dinneen found a little more personal-record magic, bettering his earlier time by .41 at 1:47.35. His time was good for eighth place, just over two seconds behind the winner, Patrick Nduwimana of Arizona, and Ivy rival Trinity Gray of Brown, who placed third after leading for the first three-quarters of the race...
Jeanine Gist walks through the 9:01 Gate and toward the chair of her daughter Karen. Karen Gist Carr was 32; she and her husband Greg had just celebrated their eighth wedding anniversary and had been trying to have a child. She worked as an advertising assistant in the Army recruiting office, writing promotional brochures. She was killed by a blow to the back of the head. A high school classmate involved in the rescue effort could report to the family that Karen's body was found intact, seated in her chair...
...harnessing its power have soared to astronomical valuations. Qualcomm, a leader in the digital wireless space, has watched its stock soar nearly 3000% in little more than a year. Finnish cell-phone maker Nokia, which was floundering in the early 1990s, has ridden the wireless juggernaut to become the eighth most valuable company on the planet (see accompanying story). Palm Inc. and AT&T's wireless tracking stocks were two of the most anticipated IPOs this year...
...ailing, but strom Thurmond holds the title for political longevity. His challenger, Joaquin Balaguer--92, blind and frail--lost his bid for an eighth term as President of the Dominican Republic last week. A fair fight...