Word: 12th
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...were away,” co-captain Lindsay Hart said of the team’s strong performance, The meet was only the Crimson’s second after a tough training trip to Florida over winter break. Harvard defeated Penn by a similar 199-96 count on January 12th. “We are still coming off a lot of dry land [training],” said Hart. “Everyone was feeling sore and broken down but really stepped up and swam well in this meet.” A mix of rookies and veterans kicked...
...radical and pervasive" impact of the Bible on history - for example, in the writings of the 6th century French Bishop Gregory of Tours, whom he dubs "Trollope with blood." Equally intriguing is Burrow's discussion of the secular historian Geoffrey of Monmouth, a fabricator who claimed that his 12th century account of King Arthur was in fact a translation of an early work in Welsh - one that nobody else has ever been able to unearth. Geoffrey's "pseudo history," writes Burrow, dressed up myth as fact, thereby launching Arthur and his knights as potent symbols of Britain's "emerging ethos...
...custom of grooms arriving on horseback dates to the 12th century, when Prithviraj Chauhan, a Rajput ruler of north India, eloped on horseback with his lover Sanyogita, daughter of a rival ruler. It has since become a time-honored tradition for north Indian grooms to whisk away their brides on a shining white mare - mare, not horse, as a mare is considered auspicious, although it is an open secret that the mare is often substituted by a castrated horse. But for those looking to flaunt their wealth, a mare just doesn't cut it when there's an elephant...
Sasha was not a normal kid. His parents told me he was a genuine child genius. Spoke three languages, did 12th-grade math, played violin and piano - if you read Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game or saw Little Man Tate, you know the type...
...Derek Jones finished eighth in the 400 meters, clocking in at 51.04, while sophomore Jonathan Brito finished eighth in the high jump after clearing 1.82 meters. Among those just outside the top 10 was a trio of freshmen, as Brian Hill placed 11th in the mile, Brian Reis finished 12th in the 1000 meters, and John McVey was 12th in the pole vault. Senior co-captain Alex Lewis finished 15th in the pole vault, as both he and McVey cleared 3.81 meters. Sophomore Justin Grinstead was 12th in the 800 meters, while classmate Jack Brady finished 11th in the weight...