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SURRENDERED. Wesley Snipes, 44, star of films, including New Jack City, Waiting to Exhale and Blade, who was indicted in October on several counts of tax fraud; to authorities in Ocala, Fla., after flying on a private jet from Namibia, where he has been filming his new movie Gallow Walker. Accused of falsely claiming refunds of some $12 million as well as failing to file some tax returns, Snipes was released on $1 million bond, allowed to finish filming and ordered to return to the U.S. by Jan. 10. The actor, who claimed he was a scapegoat for bad accountants...
...case you've been too busy writing your thesis to notice, spring is almost upon us. The bolder of songbirds have returned to serenade early risers. Crocuses (or is it crocii?) are sprouting through the meager snowdrifts that characterize winter 1997. The gallow-like wooden steps that protect winter visitors to Widener library from ice-under-toe will soon be removed, and landscapers will begin working round the clock to re-carpet the Yard with emerald sod. Californians will cease complaining about the "brutal" Boston climate. But a plurality of us probably won't notice the seasons changing unless...
...wonder," Mankiewicz asked, "whether it might be possible to arrange a fellowship for me at the Institute of Politics for next term?" Down at McGovern headquarters, this has been a good season for gallow's humor...
...Blasio who, like Walsh, was on the varsity track squad this spring without winning a letter, had no trouble winning the 100. His time was 10.5, with Jerry Gallow of Levered second, and Quent Stiles, of Kirkland, third, Di Biasio's most impressive win, however, was the 220, in which he finished 16 feet ahead of Dudley's John Coan and Bill Parks of Adams...
...starting Leverett lineup: le, Cadigan; lt, Foster; lg, Burtis; c, Ryan; rg, Maxwell; rt, Zirin; re, Opel; qb, Craig; lh, Bradbury or Gallow; rh, Kaplan or Brick; fb, Cooper...