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First there was Captain Chesley (Sully) Sullenberger, walking the length of his sinking plane to be sure every last passenger was safely off. Then came Captain Richard Phillips, battling pirates in angry seas. And finally there's Susan Boyle, the unemployed church lady whose dying mother had told her to chase her ridiculous dreams of musical stardom...
...seconds.“We knew that it was everyone’s race from the starting line and that we were going up against five extremely fast crews and that it was going to take an extraordinary race even to medal,” senior co-captain Anna Kendrick said. “To be less than a second behind a national champion crew was really exciting for us.”Brown, Dartmouth and Northeastern rounded out the finishers in the Grand Final. By beating Brown, the No. 4-ranked school in the nation...
...breakthrough performance,” Saretsky said. “He really nailed his technique down when it mattered, and it’s great to see him move to the next level.” Junior and next year’s co-captain Jack Brady also competed in the event, tossing the hammer 50.05 meters—good for 37th. Brady also competed in the discus and shot put, where he threw a 10th-place 48.49 meters and 24th-place 14.95 meters respectively. Sophomore Claire Richardson, whose focus this season has primarily been on the 5K, competed...
...time wins. Brown was joined on the first team by junior outfielder Jennifer Francis, who led the Crimson with a .311 batting average, hitting .368 against Ancient Eight competition. Sophomore outfielder Emily Henderson, who led the Ivies in stolen bases with 15, was named to the second team. Co-captain and catcher Hayley Bock, sophomore second baseman Ellen Macadam, and junior third baseman Melissa Schellberg, who is also a Crimson sports editor, all received honorable mention. —KATE LEIST
...mark of Pakistan's élite - flows from meditation techniques to a heated debate over a U.S. politician's warning that Pakistan is on the brink of collapse. The hostess, Rifat Haye, 54, is one of two female pilots with the national airline and is celebrating her promotion to captain. She wears jeans. Her hair is streaked with blond, and a diamond nose stud glints in the sun, as does the jeweled Allah pendant around her neck. She is frustrated with the image the world has of Pakistan, that of a failing state overrun by Muslim fanatics. Pointing first...