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...pitched good enough to win," Hurley said. "It was nothing spectacular...
...barrier may have more psychological than economic significance. "The Dow is purely the public's index. No money manager whom I know pegs his or her results to the Dow Jones," says Wharton School finance professor Jeremy Siegel. When adjusted for inflation, even the Dow has seen more spectacular days. A Feb. 9, 1966, peak of 995.15 remains its highest real value ever: in today's dollars...
Under Kern's energetic guidance, Tiensuu and the rest of the class organized a bake sale in their small village of Fagervik and raised enough money to buy four hectares (10 acres) of rain forest in Costa Rica's spectacular Monteverde Reserve. Their campaign gave birth to Barnens Regnskog, or the Children's Rain Forest, a nonprofit organization whose young supporters in several thousand Swedish schools have bought 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of jungle with the $1.5 million they have raised so far. Schoolchildren in Germany, Japan and the U.S. have followed suit. In appreciation, the Monteverde Conservation...
...showdown of two crosstown rivals quickly became a showcase of two very talented sophomore pitchers--B.U.'s Becky Chattin and Harvard's Christine Carr. Both hurlers were spectacular on the mound and respectively led their teams to victory, with B.U. winning the opener, 4-1, and Harvard advancing, 6-1, in the nightcap...
...African-American tradition. Although the male vocals lacked strength, the female members provided some of the most stirring solos of the night. Most notable were Leslie Callahan's passionate alto in "Ride on King Jesus," Jamylle Carter's beautiful soprano in "Ride the Chariot" and Paitra Russell's spectacular voice in "Didn't It Rain...