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...chocolate to within 2 degrees. Although his English is pretty good, Kumin might not understand the concept of the temperamental chef. He is usually as sweet as milk chocolate, yet no pushover like the Pillsbury doughboy. He stops on his rounds to correct a technique with gentle humor, nod his approval of a creamy filling and assess a student's attitude. Things have changed since Kumin's European apprenticeship began some 50 years ago. "In the old system," he says, "they made you get out of bed at 2 in the morning and go back to the kitchen...
...Attractive young women teeter across the dance floor in vertiginous high heels, their hourglass figures accentuated by off-the-shoulder Lycra tops and tight leather micromini-skirts. Handsome, heavily cologned men in open-neck shirts keep the ladies under close observation, hoping to spot the sideways glance and quick nod that signify a turn on the floor...
Smidt, a powerful lefthander, notched his second Player of the Week nod this season. The Quaker hurler went the distance, allowing six hits, three runs, two walks and striking out 11, while leading Penn to a 4-3 victory over Cornell. He raised his EIBL record to 4-0 in five starts...
...before you prop up the Shriver case as a precedent to a Jackson nomination, there are some facts to consider. Shriver received the nod from McGovern only after his initial running mate, Senator Thomas Eagleton, had been forced to withdraw his name. Reporters had discovered that Eagleton had received shock treatments for emotional disorders...
Players of the Week: Yale sophomore Chris Swanenburg had 25 saves for the Blue, including 10 in the final quarter, and earned the nod as the men's lacrosse Ivy League Player of the Week...Chris Conforti had a goal and an assist to also earn Ivy League men's lacrosse Player of the Week honors...Karen McFadden, who tallied six goals and assisted on four others as she led the Quakers to a 15-5 victory over the Elis in New Haven, was named the women's lacrosse Ivy League Player of the Week...Penn's Doug Smidt...