| Bryant's fans' memories, Part Two
Alabama vs. Mississippi State Alabama had only suffered one defeat and was headed toward a national championship when the two teams met on the gridiron on a clear, windy fall day. With only a few minutes left in the close game, the score was tied at 3-3. Mississippi State had the ball and launched a drive down the field to near the red zone. On the fourth down, a field-goal attempt appeared wide when it turned and split the up-rights. Final score: Mississippi State 6, Alabama 3. You can imagine the celebratory excitement in the State dressing room. Quote from a November, 1980 newspaper article: "A Mississippi State staffer tells me that their football players probably will remember Bear Bryant's visit to their dressing room after their 6-3 upset of Alabama longer than their actual victory.
Fire Chief says mutual aid saved lives last Monday
People need to know that mutual aid made a very big difference in this fire and probably prevented us from having a real tragedy here," the chief said.
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Staff writer Mark E. Vogler writes Milling Around each week for the Sunday Eagle-Tribune. He can be reached at 978-946-2291 or mvogler@eagletribune.com.
Answering the Call
Here's a chronology of how 13 area Fire Departments responded to last week's seven-alarm fire in Lawrence and what vehicles they brought.
First Alarm: 2:35 a.m.
Second Alarm: 2:38 a.m.
Third Alarm: 2:39 a.m. Andover (pump), Lowell (ladder truck), Methuen (pump) and North Andover (pump) report to fire scene.
Fourth Alarm: 2:49 a.m. Dracut (pump), Haverhill (pump), Middleton (pump), and Salem, N.H.
I’m the Forrest Gump of the internet’
The designs change every three months, as do the charities. Shah plans to add water bottles and charm bracelets to the Tonic range. All of which people will buy, Shah is convinced, because they want the products, not because they want to save a school or fight malaria. It will become a craze: get the T-shirts while you still can – there are only 2,500 of each available! It all sounds so ... obvious. So convincing. Indeed, Shah persuaded Tudor Investment Corporation, the Connecticut-based private equity group, to invest $20m at the start. He also got an impressive line-up to sit on his board of directors, including record mogul Chris Blackwell, Warren Buffett's son and daughter-in-law Peter and Jennifer, and David Smirnoff, of venture capital firm Venrock. It's all worked so well, you wonder why no one's thought of this before.
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