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EVEN LOS ANGELES DODGERS fans, famous for leaving games early to beat traffic, made U-turns to catch one of the most dramatic comebacks in baseball history. Trailing the San Diego Padres 9-5 in the bottom of the ninth, Dodgers Jeff Kent, J.D. Drew, Russell Martin and Marlon Anderson belted four home runs on just seven pitches to tie the game. A two-run blast in the 10th from Nomar Garciaparra finished the job. Game over...
...delirious after a failed 1993 attempt on the world's second tallest peak, K2, the American mountaineer Greg Mortenson was rescued by residents of Korphe, a remote village high in the Pakistani Himalayas. Grateful for their assistance, Mortenson vowed to build the villagers a school. He returned home to San Francisco, sold everything he owned (including his precious climbing gear), and then embarked on the most arduous quest of his career. Three Cups of Tea, co-written by journalist David Oliver Relin, is the account of Mortenson's extraordinary effort to give a school to Korphe and many other villages...
...perfect 7-0 at the Kohl Center this season. A win in Madison would give the Crimson, which has struggled to put together 40 solid minutes in its early non-conference games, some much-needed momentum. After picking up its first win of the season Dec. 3 against San Jose State at the Contra Costa Times Classic in Berkeley, Calif., Harvard sputtered Tuesday against crosstown rival Boston University (BU), dropping a 77-63 decision across the Charles River. Sophomore point guard Emily Tay led three Crimson players in double figures with 19 points, but Harvard’s team defense...
...terms of specific examples, Dr. Nanette Gartrell, former Harvard Medical School faculty and current Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, has conducted research on lesbian-headed families since the early 1980s. Gartrell's findings have proven that "in social and psychological development, the children [of lesbian parents] were comparable to children raised in heterosexual families." In addition, Dr. Charlotte Patterson, Professor of Psychology as the University of Virginia and respected family and child researcher, has determined that "there is no evidence that the development of children with lesbian or gay parents is compromised...
...worried that expectations in Boston might be running too high. (Japanese fans may be a little fuzzy on Beantown's traditions, though. Toshiyuki Nagao, a lifelong fan, expressed concern that "there are many academic and white-collar people in Boston, who might not appreciate baseball's earthy passion." Nagao-san, you'll find plenty of earthy passion in the Fenway bleachers.) But some guardians of the Japanese game fear that Matsuzaka's departure means that the 86-year-old Japanese pro leagues have become little more than a offshore farm system for the U.S. "We'll lose our best," Katsuya...