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With a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Pepperdine’s Pedro Rico in Wednesday’s first round and a 6-2, 6-4 win over California’s No. 13 Conor Niland yesterday, Chu clinched a spot in the tournament’s round of 16 in College Station, Tex.—a position that guarantees him All-America status...
...Anybody who stays at the Slabs in summer's got to have a loose screw," insists Mike Aleksick, the fire marshal in nearby Niland (pop. 1,042). He's made friends among the 5,000 snowbirds who come in each winter, but there are outlaws among them too. "I've been shot at twice and been in fistfights...
Leonard Knight, 66, has found heaven, picking Hank Williams tunes on his guitar, pumping his rickety bike into Niland and laying down coat after coat of paint on his hillside GOD IS LOVE shrine, a 14-year project at the entrance to Slab City...
...priorities mixed up," says Thomas J. Niland, a member of the NCAA's rules committee. "We used to play because we thought the kids were entitled and there were some values to be learned outside the classroom -- hard work, sweat, the enjoyment of winning and even some disappointment. Then we got involved in how much money we could make at it, and it changed the game...
Cars, cars-the new elite also loves cars. Many auto salesmen echo Bob Niland, who works at Volvo Village near Boston: "Before 1970 our buyers were families where just the husband worked. Now, at least among the younger buyers, the wife almost always works." These buyers, he adds, look for reliability and safety rather than glamour...