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...this sort of all-American cachet. It's kind of like baseball and apple pie. It's also something that anybody can try, sort of like playing Scrabble - it's easy to get the hang of. And these kids are right at an age where they're like adults, but they're not adults, and they don't have a game face, so it's fun to watch them. You can read the storms, watch the sun come out - you can see all that on their faces when they get a word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spelling Bee Pronouncer Jacques Bailly | 5/26/2009 | See Source »

...room with black teenage girls and her message couldn't be more radical or more all-American: Anyone can be anything if they are willing to work hard enough at it. This is inspiration with an edge. The honors student who wrote her Princeton thesis about being black in the Ivy League knows that the difference between success and failure can be cruelly random. She knew lots of bright kids growing up, she says, "and you slowly see people slipping through the cracks, you know that there but for the grace of God." She had friends who could have thrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Meaning of Michelle Obama | 5/21/2009 | See Source »

Then-sophomore J.P. O’Connor finished sixth in the country that year, marking Harvard’s third straight season with an All-American competitor. The squad only improved this season, with sophomore Corey Jantzen and Caputo joining him among the country’s elite. All three wrestlers hovered in the top 10 for their weight class all season en route to the NCAA championships, with Caputo taking All-American honors for an eighth place finish...

Author: By Max N. Brondfield, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ANGELS IN THE BRONDFIELD: Crimson Should Not Cut Sports | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

...Burke, last season’s Ivy League Player of the Year and a Second Team All-American, totaled 12 saves on the night...

Author: By Kerry E. Kartsonis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls in Defensive Battle | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...have got give the kid credit,” Duboe said, “[Burke] is a great goalie and he certainly takes away a lot of your strengths as a shooter by baiting you. I mean the kids [an] All-American...

Author: By Kerry E. Kartsonis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Falls in Defensive Battle | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

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