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Harvard's other co-captain, Ingrid Boyum, had to bow out of the competition because of a sprained ankle after winning her first two rounds in five games each over Susan Reed and Diane Staley, a 1985 Harvard graduate...
...known as downsizing, rationalizing, streamlining and, perhaps most commonly, restructuring. With a bow to the diet culture, some prefer to call it just plain slimming down. By whatever name it goes, a compulsion is sweeping through corporate America to bring about fundamental, long-lasting changes in the way it does business. U.S. corporations have always undergone periodic cutbacks in times of recession or strain, but this time the tone and scope of the effort are vastly different. Says Keith Stock, a partner in the Manhattan-based McKinsey & Co. management consulting firm: "What we're seeing is nothing less than...
...drag downwind." The U.S. boat is also extremely fast when headed into the wind -- an important advantage given that four of the eight legs of the 24.1-mile triangular course are sailed in that direction. Just to be extra sure, there is also one no-tech installation in the bow: a bag of garlic, an old Portuguese sailor's good-luck charm...
Fantasy, a sacred word in the fashion lexicon, scarcely covered last week's parade of giddy gambits. Some of the dresses looked conventional in front, only to reveal a naughty minicrini at the derriere, highlighted perhaps by flowers or a bow that would do credit to Fergie herself. There were several variations on the bustle, insouciant and not very subtle. One bouffant day costume featured layers of huge polka dots overlapping like the tiles on a roof. And the hats! Florid Creole cones, luscious layers of peonies topped by an upended straw boater. Befruited skimmers and lacy lampshades. Carmen Miranda...