Word: decathlons
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...overseas. Mukhtarul Amin, managing director of Superhouse Ltd., an Indian clothes manufacturer that counts Esprit and Diesel among its clients, candidly admits that he can meet only 95% of his social responsibility commitments. Some, he says, are just too difficult, or aren't relevant to Indian society. French retailer Decathlon requires suppliers to have official documentation of workers' ages. "They don't know that a large number of Indians in rural areas have no such documents," says V. Srinivasan, a Superhouse manager. "So we have to make new workers get an affidavit from a magistrate. There's much running around...
...half points behind Princeton for second-best among Ivies. And although the men’s side accrued only one point, that point—courtesy of senior Alex Lewis in the decathlon—was the highlight of the meet.“Coming off the decathlon at last week’s [Heptagonal Championships] and then this one, he’s done two decathlons in seven days,” fellow co-captain Brian Holmquest said. “So he was a bit beat up going in, but he stuck in it and got a point...
...height of 4.80 meters to secure the second spot and tack more points to the Crimson total and Clayman hurled the hammer 54.40 meters for sixth place and an IC4A qualification.For the veterans, senior co-captain Alex Lewis improved on his personal best by almost 200 points in the decathlon, logging 6,565 points and collecting a fourth spot. Lewis’s finish puts him just 89 points behind Peter Rittenburg ’82 as the Harvard decathlon record holder.Sophomore Justin Grinstead’s new personal best of 52.49 in the 400-meter hurdles was good enough...
Senior co-captain Christian Ayers finished sixth in the hammer throw, tossing it 52.64 meters, and junior Alex Lewis added a point by finishing sixth in the decathlon...
Harvard will rely on junior Alex Lewis in the decathlon and freshman 400-meter hurdlers George Eggers and Justin Grinstead, as well as its throwers, to pick up a majority of its remaining points...