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...Harvard presence at the trials could have easily been greater had junior Lindsey Wilkins continued to contend for a spot on the national team...
...partner. Blair has been let down by the Bush Administration's half-heartedness in pursuing policies with which it has no natural sympathy, but most disastrously by its approach in Iraq. The relative British success in southern Iraq (and it is only relative) can be explained by having to contend with fewer aggrieved Baathists, and also because the British have sought to win over the local population through good works and a light touch. The American military has not found this manly enough. After underestimating the problems caused by a collapsing state and spreading lawlessness, the Americans overestimated the extent...
While some contend that this legislation is unalterable and entirely necessary, others claim that it is excessively constrictive and even self-defeating...
...frustrating part is that despite putting Ivy football teams at a severe competitive disadvantage, the teams still find a way to contend on a national level...
Some experts contend that no amount of marketing can boost golf and tennis. Like basketball in the late 1970s, they say, the sports need a rivalry like Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson to capture fans' imagination. After all, tennis peaked in the 1970s, when John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg played epic matches. That's why tennis recently revamped the pro tour to create the U.S. Open Series, which will try to build rivalries by forging a six-week summer "season" that links tournaments. Golf sales hit a 15-year high in 1997, when Tiger Woods arrived...