Word: breaking
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...junior year in both fly events, earning Mid-Major All-America Team honors from CollegeSwimming.com, while Dan failed to qualify for nationals. Bill—the 16-time All-Ivy selection—competed even more furiously this past season, guaranteeing a second trip to nationals over spring break this year.Still, while much of the attention has shifted to the more heralded twin, Dan has refused to give in to his setbacks. At this year’s Ivy championships, Dan went on to cut his time by three seconds from where it had been a month before, posting...
...ineffective; indeed, Guantanamo Bay has induced more suicides than convictions. A moral government would reject both physical acts of torture and circumstances that perpetuate the implication that torture is permissible. Thus, in the name of the ideology that both Obama and America represent, Obama should make a clean break from the past administration and refuse to cover up any acts of torture...
...hard they’re pushing themselves to become better.Rather than promoting her own success, there is nothing that gives Mills more satisfaction than to see her teammates come out on top in their races or to see that they have improved. “It was nice [to break records],” Mills remarked. “But for me it was all about seeing many of my teammates break personal records and becoming better swimmers.”The Sacramento, Calif. native knows that even though swimming can be about personal achievement...
Also, don’t count on Cabot’s brain-break to satisfy your p.m. hunger. A penchant for frenzied mutilation must run strong in Cabot’s veins, because by 9:30/10, what’s left on the snack table is typically little more than crust-less scraps of bread and the wrangled remains of what was once a cupcake...
...year ago, on the Thursday before spring break, the College announced that it would suspend its transfer admissions program. The 1,308 applications vying for an estimated 40 spots were returned uninspected. The student body briefly broke out in protest over the move to eliminate the program, which had allowed approximately 20 students per semester last year and greater numbers in the preceding years, to join the Harvard community. In the short time since the program’s suspension, the outrage over this substantial loss has all too quickly evaporated. With most of the remaining transfers graduating this year...