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...Everyone is dealing with the same conditions. In the end, it doesn’t really mean anything.”The first varsity finished just five seconds behind Princeton and 21 seconds behind collegiate winner Wisconsin. The Vesper Boat Club dominated the division, winning the race by almost 20 seconds with a final time of 16:49.997.Radcliffe’s second varsity boat was 12th overall, clocking in at 18:42.212. After the Tigers scratched their second varsity, the Crimson was the only team who was able to field two boats in the race, which bodes well...
...before the threat was cleared. Cornell also threatened in the first half. Nine minutes into the game, Big Red forward Abbi Horn sent a cross in front of the net intended for teammate Kelly Kantarian, but Stone dove out to challenge the shot, blocking it and thwarting the threat. Almost 27 minutes into the period, Cornell had an opportunity on another corner. This time, Martinez ripped a shot from the top of the circle that Stone kicked right back to her. Martinez fired another shot that forced Stone to make a difficult glove save. The Big Red appeared to score...
...informer] belonged to one side of the struggle and turned in an enemy," he said. "But he would have also known the consequences. Those people were convinced that the class struggle is tough," Tuma concludes. "When you are chopping down a forest, splinters fly." Dvoracek ended up spending almost 14 years in jail, mostly in a notorious labor camp, a uranium mine in Bohemia...
Gergen, David • McCain is advised to "see if you can leave this with your honor intact" by •McCain's debate performance is described as "almost an exercise in anger management...
...This sudden, aggressive enforcement of environmental regulations has become almost a rite of passage for industrializing nations. Now it's Vietnam's turn. The communist government's embrace of the free market has lifted millions out of poverty over the last decade. But just as in neighboring China, environmental considerations have been largely pushed aside in the race to build factories and industrial parks, few of them equipped with adequate wastewater treatment facilities...