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...Harvard men's water polo team is coming off a disappointing season, failing to qualify for the Eastern Championships for the first time since 1981, when the team was awarded varsity status...
...corporate raiders, playing with other people's money (not the stockholders' but the taxpayers'), fleecing the locals and then fleeing them. Cushioned by the largesse and insecurity of city administrations that are strapped to pay teachers or collect the garbage, rich men play the new, high-stakes version of polo: passing civic assets on to other rich...
Thayer is embroiled in a stupid but fun rivalrywith nearly Holworthy Hall. Legend has itthat the dispute originated when Holworthy wasbuilt on Thayer's polo ground, or vice-versa,depending on who you ask. The rivalry usuallysurfaces in "Holworthy Sucks.!"-"Thayer Swallows!"shouting bouts. At times, the conflict escalatesto more serious warfare involving water fights andhostages...
...drops are declining, according to DEA information that agency chief Bonner apparently did not note. Attorney General William Barr, though, has been "slamming the table," say critics, in support of Bonner. Barr may be Bonner's last line of defense. DEA agents, who call their boss "Marco Polo" for his habit of official travel to exotic climes, have been scratching their heads over the plan. President Bush is expected to referee the squabble this week...
Even Nancy Nitardy, the coach of Harvard's youngest varsity sport, women's water polo, says her program seems secure...