Word: 31st
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...alpine events, sophomore Chris Kinner placed 17th in the Slalom and 27th in the Giant Slalom, while freshman Alec Boardman finished 31st in the Slalom. Teng took 34th in the Slalom and 44th in the Giant Slalom on the women’s side...
Most people who know Rachel M. Berkey ’08 think of her as a sweet girl. But it wasn’t until last June that she gained global recognition for her sweetness when she was crowned the 31st Sigma Chi International Sweetheart. Each chapter of Sigma Chi, one of the nation’s largest and oldest male fraternities, chooses its official sweetheart. “The sweetheart is a close friend, a spokesperson, and an inspiration to the fraternity; she offers a female perspective and represents the ideals of the fraternity,” said Alex...
Take Kenya. The sub-Saharan nation ranks abysmally on many basic measures, such as favoritism in decisions of government officials (115th) and business impact of malaria (113th), but on some more sophisticated metrics it does quite well--eighth for legal rights tied to the financial markets and 31st for quality of scientific-research institutions. Skipping the basics while nailing the more complicated stuff is a counterintuitive yet increasingly widespread trend--think of the places in Africa that leaped from no phones to cell phones, bypassing landlines--but whether a country can excel in the long run without a more stable...
...annual list that ranks countries on the basis of gender equality. The report measures the discrepancies between men and women in four categories: 1) educational attainment, 2) economic participation and opportunity, 3) political empowerment and 4) health and survival. The U.S. slipped from 22nd place in 2006 to 31st place this year, partly because of its low political-participation rate for women. Countries of note...
...sort of hoping/pulling/expecting him to be there and he really came through in a big way.” From that point, however, experience carried the day for the Harvard men. Senior Andrew Lipkin was 24th in 25:25.3, and classmate Chris Green was 31st in 25:33.0. Sophmore Chas Gillespie rounded out the scoring, based on the sum of each school’s top five finishes, for the Crimson by running 32nd in 25:34.8. “I think on the men’s side experience always plays a role,” Saretsky said...