Word: bittersweet
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...HAVEN—It was a bittersweet announcement for Yale football fans. On one hand, the Bulldogs were the media’s resounding choice to repeat as Ivy League champions in 2007, ranking first in the preseason poll by claiming all but two first-place votes. But here’s the bad: only once since the turn of the century has the media successfully picked the eventual champ...
Family life for Durr and his children returned to a relative normal when mom Heather ended her deployment in June. But coming home was still bittersweet. "It was tough for my wife coming home," says Durr. "When she left she had a 14-year-old daughter. When she returned she had a 16-year-old who wants to spend more time with her friends then her family." As the Durr clan works together to find their old rhythm, Eric Durr can breathe a sigh of relief that he is no longer a single dad juggling roles or competing with...
...really a great experience to compete,” Rathgeber said. “It was a little bit bittersweet because it might be the last time I will get to compete for the United States. But I learned a lot from being down there—it was my first time competing next to swimmers of this caliber...
...most people, Aug. 27 is a day just like any other. Tucked in between the carefree yawn of summer and the impending rigors of fall, it straddles a bittersweet block of the calendar, but to Karen Dyer, it is much more than that. Aug. 27, 1994, marked her arduous transition from typical teen to cancer patient. That was the day doctors removed what they thought was a benign cyst above her left hip. Then 15, Dyer learned that her life had changed forever. "It's funny," she says. "My main worry then was losing my hair, of looking different from...
...bittersweet way to end,” said Adomanis, who is a member of the Crimson editorial board. “Every kid, when they show up to college to be a rower, envisions themselves on the winner’s dock. But it was a good year and it was a fun year. We had a lot of chemistry together...