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...lose, Cindy Klassen defies the ego-charged image you might expect of a world-class athlete. Shy and laid back, the speedskating superstar doesn't carry herself off-ice like the fiery locomotive that she becomes when she's racing. Klassen had the engine going full bore in Torino, taking five medals, which, added to a bronze from Salt Lake City, make her the winningest Canadian Olympian ever. Although a favorite to win multiple medals heading into Torino, her jittery performance in the 3,000-m event during the Games' first week got the doubters going...
...Summers responded. “Yours is one of the more novel suggestions that I’ve received, but I’m open to every possibility.” Though Summers’ tennis skills still don’t rise above the amateur level, last night bore a closer resemblance to a Grand Slam event. Harvard University Police Department provided security, checking Harvard identification at the door—and a group of five Crimson editors and former Crimson executives seated in the third row greeted Summers with the letters L-A-R-R-Y painted...
...resplendent red gown, stepped out of Berry’s white limo.Berry, dressed less flamboyantly in a long fur-lined brown coat and a simple white top-and-jeans ensemble, paraded with Dodd and Pudding President John P. Blickstead ’06 in an azure Bentley. Berry, who bore a red headdress provided by the Pudding, set a lighthearted mood when she entered the theater by dancing to the band’s music. Dodd and Blickstead roasted the actress. Parodying Berry’s “emotional, gracious, and extensive” Oscar acceptance speech, Blickstead presented...
...NEWMAN: It?s become hip. The definition has changed. When I wrote my first book on mensches in 1994, a lot of people didn?t even know what it meant, and if they did, they thought it meant someone was a nerd or a bore. As a dating consultant, I met women who would specifically say they didn?t want to meet a mensch...
Students wore placards around their necks that bore the names of gay and lesbian veterans who had been discharged under the policy. The students sat silently during an information session held by recruiters in Harvard’s Tosteson Medical Education Center...