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...confident that the team will be extremely competitive next year,” Meiers said. “The competition in women’s East Coast water polo has certainly become fiercer over the past two years, but our team has continually improved in order to meet this challenge. In light of the talented incoming class of freshmen, I would not count the Crimson out in the race for a NCAA...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshmen Make Immediate Impact for Women’s Water Polo | 6/6/2002 | See Source »

...that their newly buff diamondback Terrapin turtle, Testudo, will put a little fear in the hearts of opposing sports teams. Temple and Brigham Young universities also recently toughened up their sports icons (the former's owl symbol is now in attack mode, and the latter's cougar was made fiercer). Redesigns can flop, but so far these seem to be paying off. Brigham Young associate athletic director Duff Tittle says that after the new icon was introduced, "our merchandise sales went through the roof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sports: No More Mister Nice Mascot | 5/13/2002 | See Source »

...performance concluded with a burnt-out “Adrienne.” This time, drums were a little louder, riffs rougher, and vocals fiercer, projected from both the stomach and throat. The sound was less appetizing perhaps, but the performance was unquestionably dedicated. Each song was modestly counterbalanced with a sincere, soft-voiced “Thank you.” After all, for all the glory and fame of appearances on Jay Leno and mentions in Rolling Stone, these are still unjaded, warm-hearted guys who have had a little more success at what they love doing...

Author: By Sonya M. Lai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A "Calling" In Paradise | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

...performance concluded with a burnt-out “Adrienne.” This time, drums were a little louder, riffs rougher, and vocals fiercer, projected from both the stomach and throat. The sound was less appetizing perhaps, but the performance was unquestionably dedicated. Each song was modestly counterbalanced with a sincere, soft-voiced “Thank you.” After all, for all the glory and fame of appearances on Jay Leno and mentions in Rolling Stone, these are still unjaded, warm-hearted guys who have had a little more success at what they love doing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO HEADLINE | 3/22/2002 | See Source »

Many other aspects of the Bush Administration's new legal landscape will and should provoke even fiercer debate. At the top of the list is military tribunals, which civil libertarians regard as a perversion of the American justice system. The precise rules for how such tribunals would work have yet to be announced. According to legal experts, it is likely that they would be based on the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which calls for military officers as judges and in many cases allows a conviction based on a two-thirds vote. But military tribunals would have even fewer legal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Rough Justice | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

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