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Ryan finished No. 64. Freshman Sam Lissner shot a 159 and senior Matt Amis finished with a 176 to round out the team scores...
...remedies may be needed. "Incumbent monopolies are like elephants," says one Commission official. "They live long lives, have long memories and do not take gracefully to competition." With some brand-new power tools in his bag, however, Lowe's task of rewiring the E.U. could be easier this time round. Competition investigators now have the right to conduct public hearings, compel companies to hand over documents, take statements and carry out onsite searches, including unannounced raids. The elephants need not fear the hunters just yet, but "they really are going to put a lot of effort and resources into this...
Emile Griffith is an old man now, but his round face lights up like a child's when he puts on his old boxing robe. He does not look like someone who would kill a man with his hands. But that's exactly what he did the night of March 24, 1962, during a televised boxing match against welterweight champion Benny Paret. Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story, a documentary from Dan Klores and Ron Berger (USA, April 20, 9 p.m. E.T.), searingly remembers a contest that crossed the invisible line into a killing...
...weigh-in, Paret, a Cuban immigrant, called Griffith "maricón"--a Spanish slur for homosexual and an allusion to rumors that Griffith was gay. Griffith does not reveal his sexual orientation, but, he says calmly, "I wasn't nobody's faggot." In the 12th round, he trapped Paret in the corner and unleashed a brutal flurry of uppercuts to his head. Norman Mailer likened the barrage to "a baseball bat demolishing a pumpkin." Paret died 10 days later...
...team has come to know well, the champion of the Ivy League automatically advances to the NCAA tournament, where the Crimson has gone as far as the Round of 16 (against Stanford in 2003). This season, with defeats of teams such as No. 8 Georgia Tech and No. 14 North Carolina and close losses against No. 1 Stanford and No. 2 Northwestern, the hopes of advancement are high...