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After breezing past Western Ontario 9-0 in the quarterfinals, Harvard thrashed Princeton in the semifinals, 6-3. Although Wyant lost to defending national champion Peter Yik 3-0 (17-16, 15-13, 15-8) for the second time in two weeks, the rest of Harvard's lineup carried the day. Witcher and Patterson won five-set thrillers, and Pike defeated Princeton No. 8 Harrison Gabel in three games...
...American Beauty--nominated for eight Oscars--Wes Bentley, Mena Suvari and Peter Gallagher (he of the "two-pound brows," says the Washington Post) are all heavily browed...
Turtles, inert and uncuddly, lag behind whales and pandas in the race for wildlife-conservation publicity. So they're lucky to have Peter Pritchard as a cheerleader. Born in England and educated at Cambridge University and the University of Florida, where he earned his Ph.D. in zoology, Pritchard, 56, has done superb scientific research. But even more impressive is his campaign to make turtles as popular as Mickey Mouse. Appropriately, his new, privately funded Chelonian Research Institute, for the study and preservation of turtles, is located in Oviedo, Fla., just a half-hour drive from Disney World. Pritchard shares observations...
...Lack of new technology and Web information From interviews with 1,005 adults nationwide by Peter D. Hart Research...
...incident occurred a full month before next week's Super Tuesday primaries, when 13 states, including delegate-rich - and heavily Catholic - New York and California, will vote. Catholics make up the majority of New York voters and 46 percent of registered Republicans. Last week, Long Island congressman Peter King, who's held in high esteem by the Irish Catholic lobby, defected from Bush to McCain, saying Bush had destroyed his chances of carrying the state in a general election, a view shared by many political analysts. While Catholics make up a smaller voting block among California Republicans, Bush was previously...