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...Heisman, the Hobey Baker, and the Naismith all pale in comparison. In last year’s storybook season, one prestigious medal eluded the decorated Harvard fencing team: the Iron Man, the oldest consistently awarded trophy in collegiate history, bestowed upon the top foil squad at the Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) Championships each winter. At Saturday’s edition in Lawrenceville, N.J., the squad checked off its final to-do item with a men’s foil victory and added wins in the combined men’s and women’s, the women?...
...pretty tough weight class,” Preston said. “I thought I wrestled well in the semifinals, but I couldn’t pull it off in overtime.”In the second day of the tournament, Preston pinned Joseph Baker of Navy and then defeated Seth Ciasulli of Lehigh, 5-4, to earn a third-place finish and a spot at Nationals.“I’m disappointed with the result, but maybe I’ll see [Frey] in the Nationals,” said Preston, who had been recovering from...
...proud of." It's what Clint Eastwood was aiming for in his account of the doomed Japanese soldiers in Letters from Iwo Jima--except that Eastwood, the earnest Westerner, couldn't get much past the earnest Eastern clichs: the suicidal fanatics, the humanistic general, the humble baker turned soldier who serves as a life-affirming symbol of hope...
...command to be proud of." It's what Clint Eastwood was aiming for in his account of the doomed Japanese soldiers in Letters from Iwo Jima - except that Eastwood, the earnest Westerner, couldn't get much past the earnest Eastern cliches: the suicidal fanatics, the humanistic general, the humble baker turned soldier who serves as a life-affirming symbol of hope...
...present, with the aim of pushing overall numbers below 5,000 by the end of the year. Answering unspoken accusations that this signaled a rift with Washington, Blair averred that these moves would be in tune with the new-minted policy of the Bush Administration and were "informed by Baker-Hamilton." The situation in southern Iraq "has never presented anything like the challenge of Baghdad" and had now reached a point in Basra - however battered the city and its economy, however uncertain its security - where the British-led coalition forces there could contemplate handing over control to the Iraqi army...