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...fact, Japanese society is still in thrall to the Korea Wave, a surge of interest in Korean pop, films, TV dramas and design that first overtook the nation in 2002, when the two countries co-hosted the World Cup and bilateral relations were at their best. Many Japanese politicians, meanwhile, seem either incapable of understanding Korean ire toward Japan or simply don't care. This further fuels the cycle of resentment and distrust. In 2005, for example, Shimane prefecture (the Japanese local government to which the nation claims the islands belong) passed an ordinance designating Feb. 22-the 100th anniversary...
...counted on spirit. In Malmö, Sweden, last August, Shosholoza won its first victories against boats from Sweden and China. Then in the final round of events in Sicily last October, the South Africans placed fifth out of the 12 competing teams. The Louis Vuitton Cup starts up again on May 11. "We're definitely surprising a lot of teams," says Ian Ainslie, a veteran Olympic sailor, and one of the more experienced crew members. "Our competitors are giving us a lot more respect than they would have done a year ago." The South Africans know they are loved...
DERBY, CONN.—If only the course had been 100 meters longer, the start a little crisper, or the first 1,000 meters more aggressive.The if-onlys abound, but they won’t do much to bring the Goldthwait Cup back to Cambridge for the fourth consecutive year.The Harvard varsity lightweights’ surge in the final 500 meters proved too little, too late in a failed attempt to claim the Goldthwait Cup in dual competition with Princeton and Yale on Saturday. An open-water win from the Harvard second varsity and the second freshman eight?...
...added.The emphatic victory put the exclamation point on an undefeated dual season for the second varsity, which had just one dual victory a year ago. A lopsided win by the Harvard varsity four and a five-seat victory for the freshman eight helped Harvard improve its Smith Cup record to 15-3. The heavyweights will not race again until Eastern Sprints on May 21, where the Crimson varsity will be after its fourth consecutive Sprints title while the second varsity will be looking for its fourth Sprints title in five years.—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait...
...just have to come together to get it.”One bright spot on the day for Radcliffe was on the lightweight side, as the varsity four and novice eight gained speed and time from the last time these squads faced No. 2 Princeton at the Knecht Cup. “The four and the novice eight both had amazing races,” Bates said. “They both gained a lot of distance from the last time they raced.”For both squads, though, the next two weeks will be a time to improve...