Word: contests
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Ever since 1852, when eight Cantab oarsmen dusted a crew from "that school up in New Haven" in the first-ever intercollegiate athletic contest, the big boys in Crimson have won more than their share...
Adam J. Freed '91 and Andrew P. Goldfarb '89 won the consulate's New England-wide Japanese speech contest last Saturday. In return, they received two round-trip tickets to Japan...
...contest, which began three years ago, is designed to encourage American students to learn Japanese. Participants presented five-minute speeches in Japanese and answered questions from the panel of five judges, which included officials from the Japanese Ministry of Education and the consulate...
...Since this isn't war, he is actually dropping a 25-lb. bowling pin with fins called a bomb dummy unit. It contains a small flash charge enabling technicians watching on video screens to pinpoint the hit or miss. Each pilot drops 28 bombs during the six-day contest. Two years ago, the top team triumphed over the runner-up by dropping a single bomb one yard closer. In theory, spring-loaded reflexes and microscopic eyes should make a winner. Pilots joke that proficiency in arcade video games helps too. But skill isn't everything. "Getting that little bitty death...
Anderson pickles -- and misses. His bomb "splashes" six yards left. In war, anything within ten yards would have won the day, but this is a contest. Muttering angrily, he rockets up toward the mountains to get in line again, wondering who missed, man or machine. "Hey, lead," he barks to Dulaney on his radio, "where'd your first bomb go?" It is 28 seconds since Anderson made his 3,000-foot climb. The contest allows 30 seconds from the climb to post-pickle recovery. Back at the base, the pilots gather in briefing rooms, close their doors and punch...