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...think that there are three or four kids on our team that were equally deserving,” Farkes said when he was awarded the Ivy League rookie honor. And he’s right. And that is why, with a respectful doff of the cap to fencing’s Tim Hagamen and squash’s Will Broadbent, the award goes to the baseball trio. The sheer depth of young talent represents more than individual excellence but the start of something potentially very special behind Harvard Stadium. Be prepared to go back there and see some championships...
...doff our hats to the most powerful man in the West: Saddam Hussein. Any war against him is still at least a few weeks off, yet it has already claimed three prominent victims: Europe, NATO and the U.S.-German relationship...
However, enshrining women’s rights in the Afghani government is not U.S. cultural imperialism, nor should it threaten Afghani or Islamic cultural mores. This is, after all, not the same as telling women to doff the veil, as Ataturk did in Turkey during his drive to Westernize his nation. It will give women the power to change their culture gradually, as they see fit. But more importantly, it will give them the power to make sure that the food, education and peace they have been longing for their children will be delivered...
...ahead at the final turn, but Thorpe kept his head cool and his stroke smooth to bring home the race in a new world-record time of 3:13.67. "The last 50 m were rather painful," said Hall. "This is the Olympics, all or nothing. I doff my swimming cap to the great Ian Thorpe. He had a better finish than I had." While Hall was hurting, Thorpe's mind was a blur. "When I touched the wall I had this feeling we had won," he said later. "I didn't look up or anything." The Australians celebrated with some...
...meeting in May.Rachel P. Kovner contributed to the reportingof this article.Courtesy Institute for Advanced StudyBUILDING AN INSTITUTE:ALBERTEINSTEINand other founding members of theInstitute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.Jcommemorate the laying of the cornerstone in 1939.The Institute was founded in 1930.CrimsonSarah E. HenricksonTHE DETAIS:Radcliffe CollegePresident LINDAS. WILLSON. Chairman doff theRadcliffe Board to Trustees NANCYBETH G. SHEERR'71 and President NEIL L. RUDENSTINE at a pressconference announcing the merger last week...