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...thousands of germy hands. The most graceful substitute--the Hindu namaste (slight bow, hands clasped near the heart as in prayer)--would not play well in American politics. One alternative might be to shake your own hand, brandishing the two-handed clutch in front of your face like a champ while looking the voter in the eye. No. Too much self-congratulation. A politician mustn't advertise his narcissism...
...Could you tell me a little bit about your team? WH: I think we have eight returning seniors. The squad is pretty big and at this point, I think we're boating about four eights of guys. So that's good. We're sending two champ eights, one club eight and a four. We're sending aliases though because you're not allowed to have that many Harvard boats in the race...
...start fourth or sixth, "we're looking to test ourselves and have a really great row." The two juniors, five seniors and senior captain Gracio Garcia make up "by far one of the strongest boats I've rowed in," according to Garcia. Congram is hoping to train his young champ four of one junior and three sophomores for future victories, and he looks forward to the Head of the Charles "to compete with the international rowers." The women's program, coached by Joe Wilhelm, are also a fairly young team with superb athletic talent. The champ eight has four returning...
...final game-winner of her rookie campaign came 8:01 into overtime of the AWCHA National Championship game against defending champ New Hampshire off a slippery pass from Mleczko...
...Massachusetts the U.S. squad is again very, very heavily favored. It includes the world's top players--No. 1 Woods, No. 2 David Duval, No. 4 Davis Love III (if his balky back permits) and reigning U.S. Open champ Payne Stewart. The only marquee names on the Euros' bags are current Masters champ Jose Maria Olazabal and the blustery Scot Colin Montgomerie. Stewart told Golf Digest, "On paper, they shouldn't [even] be caddying...