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...took him nearly two years of a grueling schedule to finish what he started. From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., he sat in class at the high school, then took three hours of night school for basic reading and math. To everyone's amazement, he finished...
...Sean Devenish's parents withdrew him from his Perth school 10 years ago when he was in Year 5. A bright boy, "I'd finish a task," he says, "then wait for the rest of the kids to catch up." His sister Joanne, meanwhile, was struggling in Year 3 and feeling stupid, and her parents pulled her out at the same time. Today, in their new home in Colebrook, north of Hobart, none of the Devenishes' eight children attends formal classes. "We help them excel at what they're good at and work on their weaknesses," says mother Helen. Joanne...
Junior Stevie DeGroff led the way, blowing past the finish in 12.52 seconds. Freshman Shannon Flahive followed suit as she coasted to a 25.67-second victory in the 200-meter...
...decade, but the Harvard varsity heavyweights finally had a bad day. And after five years of perfection, the Crimson came up five tenths of a second short. Harvard dropped its season opener in a shocker at Brown on Saturday, losing by one seat in the furious sprint to the finish. It marked the first time since an April 2001 loss to Princeton that Harvard has surrendered a dual race. The win gave No. 7 Brown its first Stein Cup victory since 2000 and sent the No. 3 Crimson to an unfamiliar 0-1 dual record.“Losing...
...first tournament of the spring season in the northeast, Harvard’s men’s golf team got a wet reception. Heavy downpours on the course at Yale forced the cancellation of Saturday’s portion of the two-round Yale Spring Opener, and the Crimson finished 16th out of 20 teams in the abbreviated tournament. Fifty-four of the events’ 115 players had completed rounds on Saturday before the round was called, but no Harvard golfers had finished. As a result, the tournament rested on just yesterday’s round of play...