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...Brunstad's 70th, the weather was too bad to attempt the swim, but three days later, slathered in lanolin and petroleum jelly, he slipped into the water at 9:13 a.m. at Abbot's Cliff, south of Dover, England, and emerged on Sangatte Beach, south of Calais, France, 15 hours and 59 minutes later. Every half hour along the way, he was thrown a nutrient drink. Every two hours, he took a swish of Tom's of Maine mouthwash to rinse the salt water out of his mouth. With the current, Brunstad estimates he swam a total of 32 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Is But A Dream | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

Last year, Denenberg was in neither the singles nor the doubles lineups, but with the recent graduation of five seniors—co-captains Dave Lingman and Cliff Nguyen, George Turner, Mark Riddell and Chris Chiou—many of Harvard’s younger players are now seeing legitimate time on the courts...

Author: By Dorothy L. Sebastian, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Splits With Clemson, Louisville | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

...honest, I’m more worried about what Cliff can do at [Heptagonals] than what Ray Bobrownicki of Brown or David Pell of Cornell, jumpers whose personal bests and level of performance I can gauge,” Andrew-Jaja joked after Emmanuel’s impressive leap this weekend...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Track Finishes Behind Princeton, Yale at H-Y-P Meet | 2/14/2005 | See Source »

Except there is no stage--anyway, not a stable floor. Instead, a void, out of which some ethereal miracles materialize. Many of them take place on two huge surfaces: a 1,250-sq.-ft., 175-ton slab (known as the sand-cliff deck) and a smaller one (the 900-sq.-ft., 40-ton tatami deck) that can simultaneously lift, rotate and tilt. Thus the actors must perform many of their maneuvers while the earth is literally moving under their feet. (If they fall off, there's a 60-ft. drop out of sight and onto an airbag.) Other scenes occur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bigger Than Vegas | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

After starting off the year with strong tournament appearances at the East Stroudsburg and Cliff Keen Invitationals, Preston stands undefeated in dual meet competition...

Author: By Pablo S. Torre, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wrestling Gets First Win of Season Over Princeton | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

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