The game was a sellout, and there was plenty of Cal support out there.

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Last year Cal Tech bumped Harvard out of first place.

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Pirelli doles out "the Cal, " as those in the know call it, to a select group of 40, 000 special people, including members of the British royal family, the king of Spain, Paul Newman and Bill Gates.

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Even as the Wildcats started to figure out the zone, Cal didn't flinch, making some big shots down the stretch to beat Arizona at the McKale Center for the third straight season.

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Once word got out that legendary Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken liked to bust slumps by swatting balls off a batting tee as far as he could, for instance, every high-school team suddenly owned a tee.

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The airline was founded in 1994 to fill the gap left when Continental Airlines (nyse: CAL - news - people ) pulled out of Denver's new international airport--now United's second-largest hub.

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Recipients who work and receive minimal assistance will be allowed to opt out of the welfare program, yet still be eligible for medical care under Medi-Cal (the state's version of Medicaid) and child care.

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