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After Donnelly put the Tigers ahead, 44-43, on a baseline shot with 11:29 remaining, Adkins went on an outside shooting spree. She netted seven jumpers to score 18 of her team-high 20 points in the second stanza--and sealed the win for Princeton...
...immediately assumed that the abductors planned to use the West German hostages as bargaining chips for Hamadei's release. The hostage takings were a rude awakening for West Germans. For years Bonn has cultivated good relations throughout the Muslim world. Partly as a result, the three-year spree of kidnapings in Lebanon, until now aimed mostly at the U.S. and France, has had little impact on Germans living in Beirut, who continued to operate more or less normally...
...days before the shooting spree, Kristofor Hans, a 14-year-old student, walked into his high school in Lewistown, Mont. (pop. 6,900), shot dead a teacher and wounded a vice principal and two students. Friends said the boy was furious over a failing grade...
...spending among American consumers next year. Since the recovery is so far along, much of the demand for major items, such as houses and autos, that built up during the last recession has been satisfied. While consumers remain fairly confident, they have already gone on an extended shopping spree paid for by a heavy load of installment debt. Just this past fall, millions of consumers rushed to the auto showrooms to take advantage of cut-rate financing offers. "They won't head for the hills now, but they will pull in their horns a little," said Heller. This season...
Nowhere has the injury spree hit Harvard harder than at the quarterback position, where three players--Yohe, David Landau and Bill Koehler--have all been forced to leave games due to injury...