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...frenzied media speculation that Boyle or some other vulnerable contestant might crack on camera. The BGT final was nothing short of a referendum on Britain, a chance for a country beset by economic woes, battered by political scandals and humbled on soccer fields to vote itself a new and better image. (See TIME's photo essay "Susan Boyle's Road to Fame...
...Boyle - bewildered and bruised but plucky - might be said to personify Britain more closely than her fellow contenders. But this was about rebranding the U.K., and a street-dance troupe called Diversity - yup, Diversity - fits the bill so much better. Three sets of brothers plus a quartet of their friends, ages 12 to 25 and from a range of different ethnic backgrounds, used high-octane athleticism to propel themselves them into first place. This victory, said their leader and choreographer, Ashley Banjo, sends "a message that age, ethnicity, background is not important." As Diversity reprised their winning...
...satisfied with the outcome this past season,” junior Egan Atkinson said, referring to the regression in the team’s record following a 14-16 effort in 2007. “In terms of the trajectory of the team, though, we’re much better.” Harvard certainly hopes to take some positives out of a difficult year, which included heartbreaking overtime losses to then-No. 19 Brown at home in October and to MIT in the Northern Championships. Although the Crimson began the year 2-1 and looked to be adjusting well...
...Beantown and HYP] hasn’t happened in a long time,” Christensen said. “It definitely shows that Coach Saretsky is building a much stronger team than he had when he came in. It’s only going to keep getting better.” The Crimson carried its newfound success into the outdoor season. Rookie standout Nico Weiler continued to dominate his competition, finishing second at the prestigious Drake Relays with a pole vault of 5.30 meters. At the Penn Relays, Gillespie qualified for the NCAA regionals by clocking...
...have to be quite resilient,” Leone said. “For us to have our seniors go from the experience of winning three games in their sophomore year to winning the Ivy League Championship their senior year, it just doesn’t get any better than that.” It was one of these seniors, in fact, who helped turn the team around after the tough loss at Penn. “One of our seniors, Rachael Lau, pulled us together and said, ‘Guys, wipe that look of doubt off your face...