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...Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, still the greatest work of historical writing in English. The combination of erudition and irony is exquisite. It is also an invaluable guide to the symptoms of imperial decline, which could come in handy in the years ahead...
...Iowa State, who posted the fastest 10k time in Wednesday’s national championship race, led the group from the start, along with Illinois senior Angela Bizzarri and West Virginia junior Marie Louise Asselin. After the first few laps, Koll and Bizzarri began to pull ahead and stretch the gap separating them from the rest of the runners. Suddenly, Bizzarri slowed her pace and stepped off the track, withdrawing from the race, as Koll went on to win the national title with a time of 15:23.80, a full 30 seconds faster than the second place runner...
...means did Harvard disappoint in its final race of the season. The first three quarters of the race were neck-and-neck, with Princeton taking a slim lead at 750 meters before the Crimson inched ahead just after the 1,000-meter mark. The Tigers surged ahead down the stretch, though, and Navy also found its way past the Crimson. Less than two seconds separated all three of the top boats, as Princeton set an event record...
...strong start put Washington and the Crimson in the lead early in the 1V contest, but the Golden Bears quickly asserted themselves, pulling ahead in the second 250. Cal and the Huskies eventually separated from the rest of the competition in the third 500, with the Golden Bears’ final time of 5:23.897 missing a course record by just one-fifth of a second. Harvard crossed the line 7.2 seconds behind Cornell in a time...
...Black and White started the race in sixth place but was able to claw its way back to fifth by passing Georgetown in the second 500 meters. Radcliffe then set its eyes on Stanford. With just 20 strokes to go, the boat pulled barely ahead of the Cardinal to cross the finish line three-tenths of a second ahead of Stanford with a time...