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Nationalistic tensions are high when Florence Vassy, the coach of the obnoxious American competitor, Freddie Trumper, falls in love with the Russian player, Anatoly Sergievsky. The ensuing love triangle has serious consequences—including threats to national security...
...same weekend, junior Gabe Jostrom had the unenviable task of being the only competitor representing the Crimson at Atlantic Coast Monos. Jostrom battled strong tidal currents and a driving rain, finishing near the bottom of the pack in his first collegiate sailing event...
When deregulation came to Wall Street in 1975, Weill found his weapon. Fixed 15% commissions were history and soon, too, were some of the old brokerage battleships that had stayed upright with that ballast. Weill and his partners Roger Berlind, Arthur Carter and, later, Arthur Levitt torpedoed one competitor after another because they were better stock pickers and better managers...
...inevitable. The ambition that got us here affects the way students look for social relationships. Last year, Crimson columnist Ross G. Douthat ’02 wrote about the social landscape here: “We are a Darwinist’s delight, superbly adapted to vanquish every competitor. In the Harvardian universe, the advantage often goes—at least in the short term—to the manipulative and dishonest and cutthroat, the people willing to backstab and lie and cheat their way upwards...
After splitting time in goal last season, LeNeveu has emerged as the top goaltender in the country this year. His 1.14 goals against average is a full goal per game better than his nearest competitor, while his eight shutouts broke the single-season record at Cornell previously held by Montreal Canadiens legend Ken Dryden...