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...THEATRICAL SUPERSTITIONS. I pride myself on not having any, none at all. I always deliberately walk under a ladder. I spout lines from Macbeth [supposedly a British actor's most terrible jinx], I don't give a damn...
...participation for all." Unless, of course, we take "all" to mean first and foremost all those who wish to compete at the intercollegiate level (and have the necessary ability), secondly all those who wish to compete at an organized intramural level, and leave to the bottom of the ladder all those who would like to be able to go for an occasional swim or play a pick-up game of basketball...
Sophomores Mark Panarese and Ned Bacon, senior Ted Humphreyville, and junior Scott Mead round out the ladder, with Dave Evans serving as the alternate. A team with a new look, yes, but with a familiar face calling the shots, and just check the record if you don't think that that makes a difference...
...joke, it took three people to change a light bulb (one to hold the bulb while two turn the ladder). That's nothing compared with the eight New Yorkers you show [Nov. 10] that it takes to raise a manhole cover...
Women are committing mostly petty offenses−only one in six homicides is attributed to a woman−but criminologists expect them to work their way up (or down) the ladder. Sociologist Francis lanni of Columbia University believes this trend is the "criminal analogue of the women's liberation movement. As in business, politics and education, there will be equal opportunities in crime. You can't have Bella Abzugs without Bonnie Parkers...