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...usual in the artistic world, today's new phenom is yesterday's hardworking apprentice. Anderson grew up in Wallingford, Conn., taking voice and dance lessons. She grew too tall to dance (today she stands 5 ft. 10 in.), but at 17 she was a finalist in the Metropolitan Opera auditions. She hated the process. "I'm determined, but I can't step on someone else to get ahead. I hated the competitiveness." Instead she went to Yale and majored in French literature, graduating in 1974. She gave herself two years to become famous and has been working at it ever...
Other runners include Senzeni Steingruber and Wanita Lopeter at the 400-meter slot. Running the long distances are All-America Suzanne Jones, cross-country finalist Joanne Dushay, and ECAC qualifier Rachel Lewis...
...based at the network's Atlanta headquarters, is a woman. Inadvertently, the choice of Crier, brought in from outside in preference to 150 in-house anchors and reporters, also made a depressing statement about the abiding importance of looks and packaging in TV news. A former college beauty-contest finalist and later an elected Texas judge, Crier, 34, has no journalism experience...
...race, Yale junior Jim Gibson is the favorite to win. Undefeated in three races this season, Gibson was an Olympic trial finalist and eighth place finisher in the NCAA steeplechase two years ago. This year, Gibson set a record on the new Franklin Park course with a time of 25:23 over five miles...
Michael C. Ray '90, a Kirkland finalist, saidhe wanted to be a marshal because he "would liketo make sure this Class has a great senior yearand graduation week and stays together" afterleaving Harvard...