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...Schreck said. “We were happy with the way we competed but we know that there is still work to do.”In the other heavyweight competition, the Harvard championship eight finished a solid 13th among 27 other entries. Despite several setbacks, including starting in 27th position and the misfortune of not having any other boats in sight to push off of, the Crimson still managed to finish the course in 15:11.831.Harvard’s second entry, primarily composed of sophomores, wasn’t far behind, finishing 18th in 15:16.368, while...
...proved the more reliable source for good movies. Maybe it's that the adult comix provide stories, and storyboards, while the video games supply only a premise; or that reading an illustrated novel is closer to the movie-watching experience than the Zen numbness that overcomes gamesmen in their 27th hour at the console. That kind of sensory exhaustion is what the viewer feels before Max Payne has lumbered to its conclusion...
...result, the kingdom is on the move. On the World Economic Forum's list, it is 27th, up from 35th last year. It sprinted up the World Bank's list, from 67th in 2005 to 16th in 2008, making it the easiest place to do business in the Middle East. In that time, foreign investment in Saudi Arabia has nearly doubled, to $23 billion. "Foreign businesses are looking at us differently," al-Dabbagh boasts. Companies with a long history of working in the kingdom say they've noticed the difference. "The say/do factor has improved significantly," says Nabil Habayeb...
Serko says that he was able to name William Howard Taft as the 29th president (though in reality, the non-Quiz Bowler names the 27th.) He was also able to recall that Taft was a rather large man. But it was up to Simons to relate that Taft had fired Gifford Pinchot. And authorized the passage of the Payne-Aldrich tariff...
...Name, hometown, and college!” my boss yelled from the back of the bus. I was up in front, mike in hand, rehearsing my spiel for the 27th time during our week of training preceding the Olympics. I had thought—just this once—that I could slyly avoid dropping the H-Bomb in front of the other 30 college student guides, but there was no getting around it. As if I didn’t get enough shit for being the only Ivy Leaguer working for NBC's Client Hospitality Program...