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...Will Heyburn were 1.48 seconds behind with a time of 1:33.50.“The medley relay we were a little disappointed with—we were hoping to get a win in that,” Diekema said. “We swam pretty well. [Cornell was] faster than maybe we thought they’d be.”In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Tan, Jones, Heyburn, and Guernsey finished in second place in 3:06.60, and the team of Diekema, freshman Graham Frankel, sophomore Eric Taylor, and freshman Nicholas DuCille placed third in the event...
...free “Scan and Deliver” program is designed to save researchers the labor of photocopying materials and will provide faster access to the library’s extensive collections...
...Sprinting from freshman dorms and House common rooms—faster and with greater urgency than St. John from the empty sepulcher—they descended upon the John Harvard statue to celebrate with their coreligionists and offer thanksgiving for this political redemption. The revival at the statue was only one of many throughout campus—from the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Holyoke to the portico of the Spee Club. But, for a twenty-minute interlude, all fell silent and none stirred abroad as the President-elect delivered his final campaign sermon...
...opposite artistic personalities. Pixar (Toy Story, Finding Nemo, WALL-E) is the clear avatar of the Walt Disney style, stressing sympathetic characters and seamless storytelling. DreamWorks (the Shrek trilogy, Shark Tale) updates the dazzle and impudence of the Warner Bros. cartoon studio of the '30s, '40s and '50s - a faster pace, lots of sight gags and pop-culture allusions; its movies tend toward anarchy but land in vaudeville. DreamWorks is contemporary, Pixar timeless. Both work. (See the 100 best albums, movies, TV shows and novels of all time...
...tests account for faster driving, acceleration and deceleration and air-conditioning use - in other words, the way most real people drive. As a result fuel-economy ratings have dropped about 12% for city driving and about 8% for highway driving. When the new tests kicked in, a 2006 Toyota Prius, for instance, went from having a 55 m.p.g. combined efficiency rating to 46 m.p.g. - overnight...