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...put.For the men, the 4x400-meter relay “A” team of seniors Derek Jones and Jonathan Wofsy, junior Justin Grinstead, and freshman John Dingus also had a successful day, taking first place in the event with a time of 3:19.30, more than three seconds ahead of second-place New Hampshire.Rookie Tyler Funk and junior Jonathan Brito finished 10th and 12th in the high jump with respective clearances of 1.88 and 1.78 meters.Joining Weiler in the pole vault, sophomore John McVey cleared the 3.96-meter bar to finish in a three-way tie for ninth.Separated...
...against Navy. In that meet the Crimson will not be able to rest on its laurels, especially if it wants to continue the standard of utter domination set by the 2007-08 team. “[The Georgia Invitational] showed us that we have a lot of work ahead of us,” Guernsey said. “We realized it’s time to step it up and what actually needs to be done to achieve that.” BIG AL OPEN The Crimson divers returned from Princeton this past weekend, bringing home an eighth-place...
...previous matchup. “Benji is a terrific leader, but the biggest problem is he’s been injured, this is his first tournament,” Crimson coach Peter Brand said. “It bodes well that he did well being rusty, still coming out ahead in a very tough competition. The loss against Princeton...I think if he was in top form he would’ve won that match.” The team also took a hit with freshman epee fencer James Hawrot gone competing at a world cup tournament attempting to make...
Ghana's presidential candidates have wrapped up their campaigns ahead of a general election Sunday - but in a sense the most important result is already in. President John Kufuor, 69, is stepping down after two terms, peacefully and voluntarily. That in itself sets Ghana's election apart from recent polls in Zimbabwe, Kenya and Nigeria, which were plagued by corruption, violence, despotism and the steadfast refusal by the ruling party to let go. It is also a reminder that governance in sub-Saharan Africa, a region of 48 nations, cannot be characterized simply by the brutal repression doled...
...Russian empire, and when the U.S. had pushed in April for the adoption of a formal membership process for the two countries, the effort was rebuffed by France, Germany and Italy, among others. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tried again last week week, with a round of intense lobbying ahead of what would be her valedictory NATO summit, but once again the Europeans pushed back firmly. The summit's final communique simply reaffirmed in principle that Georgia and the Ukraine would become NATO members at some point in the future, but in the absence of any time-frame, specific conditions...