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...February, and the top three players on the men’s team have less than a month to prepare for the Intercollegiate Regional Tournament at Cornell University—but they’ll first have to beat University of Kentucky in a few days to secure a spot. Nick, the men’s captain, is not prone to exuberant flourishes of emotion, but he whistles and growls, low and off-key, to a Johnny Cash track blaring from the car speakers. He is confident of a victory against Kentucky and hopeful—perhaps even sure?...
...couples arriving at the White House with their children ready for the Easter Egg Roll on April 13 should be easy enough to spot. They'll be the ones wearing enormous smiles - and not just because the Obama Administration has put out an inclusive welcome sign for the annual romp on the South Lawn. The couples will likely still be celebrating the past week's major victories in the war over marriage rights...
...nobody shot par or better in Round 2, so Christensen was able to move atop the pack at +7. Junior Greg Shuman finished in a four-way tie for third, shooting 74 and 75 to finish just two strokes off the lead at +9. Captain Michael Shore etched a spot in the next batch of finishers—a trio tied at seventh—with his 75 and 76 pairing that put him at +11. In his first New England golf outting in the spring season, Pollak managed a 75 in Round 1, but slipped down to 82 strokes...
...world see him chew gum and fidget with his pencils was an invaluable example. I have now practiced long enough to have seen scores of people, more than a few of whom I've loved, get miserably sick and die from tobacco use. I've pointed to the black spot on their X-ray and watched strong men and women collapse, touched the smoke-grown tumors in the operating room, the path lab, even on those poor experimental bunnies' ears and I'm convinced. You can be dubious about global warming if you want - but not about cigarettes. They absolutely...
After recent struggles at the plate relegated former cleanup hitter Stack-Babich to the seventh spot in the lineup, the senior slugger responded resoundingly to his new role...