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...able to do harder climbs and finally I became a reasonably accomplished mountaineer in the New Zealand Alps and I did a number of treks. I'm inclined to think that happens to a lot of people. Very few suddenly decide they're going to be a world champion at something...
...Though it’s hard to know what actually goes through someone’s head when he or she casts a vote or makes a statement, I would venture to say that Hillary was a champion of the War in Iraq at the beginning—and has since refused to acknowledge that her vote was a mistake—in part because she needs to appear strong and decisive as a female candidate...
...Bowman returned periodically to the sport, as a coach and commentator. But he was never far from controversy: he was arrested in 2004 when a friend reported he had pointed a loaded gun at her while he had been drinking. And, on Jan. 10, the two-time U.S. champion and Olympic team member was found dead in a hotel in the San Fernando Valley. He was 40 years old. Police are investigating the death as a possible drug overdose...
Bowman's contemporaries and rivals in the late 1980s and early 1990s were the heavyweights of the figure skating world: Olympic medalist Paul Wylie, world champion Todd Eldredge, and national medalist Mark Mitchell. Mitchell, who was always surprised by Bowman's ability to compete at the highest level despite his haphazard training schedule, says "the locker room was always very entertaining" when Bowman was around. One of Bowman's favorite stories, with which he regaled teammates over and over again, highlighted his complicated relationship with Carroll. A day after sitting down with Carroll to be lectured on the importance...
...half of the season. The Crimson also takes on No. 4 Yale and No. 5 Trinity to complete a tour of the nation’s top five teams. Harvard’s season has been defined by the strong play of its underclassmen. Despite graduating 2007 national individual champion Kyla Grigg ’07 and starting only freshman and sophomores, the Crimson has turned what many programs would have considered a rebuilding year into a championship campaign. Sophmore Sandra Mumanachit and freshmen Zindman, Alisha Mashruwala, and Bethan Williams are all undefeated on the season and freshman June Tiong...