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...addition, junior Philip Tseng--the 1995-96 leader in wins--and a crew of talented sophomores and freshmen from diverse places such as Dublin, Ireland and The Gap, Australia are ready to drive the Crimson deep into the NCAAs. Coach Dave Fish takes his 4-1, 25th-ranked squad into Alabama for a 16-team tourney next week that will match the team against the top schools in the nation and prepare it for an exciting season...
...According to The Wealthy 100: A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present, by Michael Klepper and Robert Gunther, Gates ranks a mere 31st. He is ahead of the modest Mark Hopkins, one of the powers who built the Central Pacific Railroad, just behind meat-packer Philip Armour, and way, way behind John D. Rockefeller at No. 1. Gates doesn't figure to threaten old John D. The authors determined the standings by looking at the tycoons' fortunes in relation to the country's total GNP. So even if Gates ratchets up the billions, the immensity of the economy...
...last segment, "Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread," involves word play of a different sort. It is essentially a musical number in which a moment of time is stopped: the same words and phrases are repeated in ethereal rhythms characteristic of Glass's music...
...sheer enormity of this issue cries out for it to be addressed in a more serious public forum. The second largest contributor to the Republican National Party the past year was Philip Morris, which gave $1.9 million. With the prominence of the nicotine and tobacco debate, and the increasing contentiousness between lawmakers and corporations that produce tobacco, surely the industry shouldn't have that kind of sway over the Republican party. In fact, the practice is so widespread that recently some Republican Congress members made it clear that they would not listen to any contributors to the Democratic party...
...would love to have their own Madeleine--Madeleine Kunin, that is. Trouble is it may be hard for the ex-Vermont Governor to give up her current job by the Swiss Alps for one near the Great Lakes. America's neighbor may have to settle for Renaissance Weekend founder Philip Lader, a good friend of Bill...