Word: championed
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...foil, 9-0, but lost epee, 4-5. On Saturday, both teams faced off against five other schools at Princeton’s Jadwin Gym. The men beat Vassar, 19-8, UNC, 15-12, and Princeton, 16-11, but lost to NYU, 16-11, and defending national champion Penn State, 15-12. The win over the Tigers was a significant victory despite not counting as Ivy League play. Saber lost, 6-3, and foil narrowly won, 5-4, but epee came through with a convincing 8-1 victory over a Princeton squad with two men on the U.S. national team...
...figure out what gifts to give this holiday? If the searching behavior of 10 million Internet users is any indication, the item people most want is - surprise! - the iPod, which remains the undefeated champion of the holiday-product Web search. In fact, the top three holiday gift search terms this year are all perennials: "iPod" in the top spot, along with the video game console du jour - this season, the Nintendo "Wii" - and, for the third year in a row, "Ugg boots," a piece of Australian footwear some (okay, I) might consider the ultimate sheepskin fashion faux...
GARRY KASPAROV, former chess champion, on court proceedings after he was sentenced to five days in jail. Kasparov had been arrested after attempting to lead an unauthorized march against Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Garry Kasparov, a former chess champion and prominent Putin critic, was arrested last week and sentenced to five days in jail. Boris Nemtsov, a presidential contender and former deputy prime minister, was also detained...
...nervous,” Jantzen said. “I was worried about losing at the first meet, but I now have a more relaxed attitude.” Jantzen’s brother, current volunteer assistant coach Jesse Jantzen ’04, gave Harvard its first national champion in 66 years in 2004, the same title O’Connor seeks now four years later. “Absolutely, you’ve got to have [the championship] as a goal,” O’Connor said. “I definitely feel very confident about...