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...garimpeiros have ample reason to ignore the hazards: rarely in history have ordinary people managed to gain access to a place where gems are seemingly as plentiful as pebbles on a beach. "They scoop out the gravels, put them in a sieve, take them down to the river, wash them and then pick out the diamonds," explains Peter Gallegos, an official of the diamond firm De Beers. "It is a complete and uncontrolled bonanza...
...committee tried to please everyone by embracing a loophole that seems to wash Harvard's hands of ROTC while still allowing students to participate in the program. But by stepping around an issue instead of addressing what should be a clear moral decision, it ends up looking foolish and acting spineless...
Gates, 36, is the founder and owned of Microsoft Corp., a mammoth software firm based in Redmond, Wash. He dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to found Microsoft, now the world's largest microcomputer software company...
Much of that can be explained by the amount of experience the two teams had. Wash U. has played as a team together for over a month, while Harvard is only in the third week of its season...
...fortysomething women in the crown, donned in Harvard regalia, came up with a curious explanation for Wash U.'s volleyball prowess: "It's the uniforms. They have better uniforms," she exclaimed. Whether or not they proved the difference in the contest, the Bears' outfits were clearly more sophisticated, complete with green spandex and color-coordinated headgear...A more practical explanation for the Bears' performance may have been fan support. Even though the team is from St. Louis, Wash. U. had twice as many fans as the Crimson. They even had a ball girl...Harvard's only lead of the night...