Word: championed
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...Does Separate Equal Free? Hsieh's thinking resonates among a significant portion of Taiwan's population. The DPP's political base - mainly the longtime Taiwanese residents of the island - completely rejects the idea that Taiwan has any connection to China. The party sees itself as the true champion of this spirit of independence, compared to the KMT, with its old ties to the mainland. The DPP is "much more committed to defending Taiwan's de facto independence and Taiwan's democracy," says Hsiao Bi-khim, the international-affairs director for Hsieh's campaign. "We are not at all willing...
NORTON SOUND, ALASKA Defending champion and cancer survivor wins Iditarod race...
...supposed to all be over.Ivy League play should have been a thing of the past: the Harvard women’s basketball team should have been biding its time as the conference’s champion and automatic bid-winner, waiting for the NCAA Tournament committee to announce its place in the 64-team bracket that will be unveiled next week. It should have had its eye on the nation’s powerhouses, wondering if it would get the chance to play an LSU or a North Carolina.Instead, the Crimson is right back where it’s been...
...needs to be able to put that high level of play together for two or three sets, and that takes time.”Harvard’s other losses came at No. 3, where junior Sasha Ermakov lost, 6-2, 6-4 to Big Ten singles champion Jason Jung, and at No. 6 where freshman Alexei Chijoff-Evans lost, 6-3, 6-3.In doubles, Ermakov and Kumar at No.1, Nguyen and sophomore Michael Hayes at No. 2, and Chijoff-Evans and Omodele-Lucien at No.3 all lost by an 8-5 score.Harvard returns to action today at Clemson...
...American came up short in the finals, losing 5-4 to Penn’s Cesar Grajales. “Sometimes you have to face hurdles,” O’Connor said. “But my goal is still the same, to be a national champion.” Freshman Corey Jantzen, the No. 4 seed at 141 lbs, gave perhaps the most promising performance, making good on his ranking by taking fourth in the weight class in remarkable fashion. Jantzen earned a fall in his first round bout in only 24 seconds before defeating Cornell?...