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While his insouciance is part of his considerable charm--especially in contrast to an opponent who would not only ace the exam but also write an essay for extra credit--it is ALSo part of what gives voters pause. When the subject gets serious and Bush doesn't, you have to wonder whether a man so in love with certainty, so impatient with complexity, is ready for the grave duties of the presidency. That may be why he was willing to entertain doubt last week when he agreed for the first time in his record-setting 131 executions to grant...
...Junior ace John Birtwell, the 1999 Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, led the way, pitching much better than his 2-3 record might suggest while boasting the lowest ERA on the staff...
...Egelhoff, a distance ace and defensive stalwart at two-guard, was often called upon in clutch situations to put in a three. In a game at Yale Feb. 19 that ultimately went into overtime before Harvard won, she hit her first five three-point attempts...
...back of freshman Lovisa Gustafsson was purple with exhaustion, but her bid for an individual Ivy title was on the line along with the team's pride. Gustafsson, swimming the most grueling event in the sport--the mile--was deadlocked with Princeton's highly touted distance ace Tara Martin...
...then Wildcat freshman ace Lauren Schwendimann, who relieved Brown in the third, pitched her way out of the second-and-third, no-out jam. She retired Godfree, Abeles and McKendry in a row to escape without Harvard building a substantial lead...