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...with four debates a day. This happens for two days, while you compile a record and, at some point, break for lunch. The third day is elimination rounds, where the top 32 teams compete in a tournament-style bracket. Good teams will be debating until late Monday, when a champion is crowned. Younger teams book flights home early...
...Dave Champion, director of vehicle-testing at Consumer Reports, says both Hyundai and Kia have developed a genuine appeal for American consumers seeking affordable transportation. "Their buyers aren't worried about name-brand image," says Champion, who notes Hyundai's 10-year, 100,000-mile warranty is a winner. Kia's warranty of five years or 60,000 miles, and 10-year or 100,000-mile power train, isn't as broad, but it is still generous by industry standards...
Sophomore Louise Laciny in Flight G came out on the winning side of two three-set battles to start the tournament, but dropped a three-setter to the eventual champion in the quarterfinals...
...other singles action, freshman Kristin Norton earned a spot in the Flight A singles draw. She responded by defeating the tournament’s No. 1 seed, Bianca Aboubakare of Brown, 6-3, 6-4. In the next round, Norton fell to eventual champion Nicole Bartnik of Columbia, 6-3, 6-0. In the consolation draw, Norton rebounded with...
...modern Americans, Moses' heartbreak, in many ways, ensures his ongoing appeal. Though a champion of freedom, he was also a prophet of disappointment. After leading the Israelites for 40 years, Moses is denied entry to the promised land for disobeying God. No one understood this aspect of the Moses story better than Martin Luther King Jr. In his first national speech, in 1956, he likened the U.S. Supreme Court to Moses for splitting the Red Sea of segregation. On the night before his death 12 years later, King predicted he would not fulfill his dream. "I've been...