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...reached the end of Dombey and Son last week, I read more and more slowly, putting the book down at increasingly frequent intervals. I wasnt ready to finish; I wasnt ready to abandon Florence or Walter or Captain Cuttle or Mr. Toots or Florences snappish-but-faithful dog, Diogenes. But people married and reconciled and died and before I knew it the book was over. It ended as many of Dickens novels end, with the older generation fading to insignificance, their wrongs righted or forgotten, and the younger generation brave and happy, ready to strike out on their...
...Radcliffe heavyweight crew turned in an impressive day of racing today at the NCAA Championship regatta in Sacramento, Calif., as the first varsity boat blazed to a third-place finish. It was the second-highest finish ever for the Black and White, while the team took sixth place in the overall standings. The University of California won both the first varsity race as well as the overall championship...
...field with a sprint in the final 500 that left everyone else to race for second place. Cornell surged forward briefly in the last 500 and regained contact with the Harvard boat, but the Crimson did what it has done best all season long—find the finish line first...
Harvard powered through the finish line five to six seats in front of second-place Cornell. The Crimson crossed the line in 5:49.29, Cornell followed in 5:50.72, and Navy finished third in 5:51.99. Harvard held the lead from 300 meters in the race, widening the margin as the boats tore through the 2,000-meter course. After two come-from-behind wins in the last two dual races of the season, the second varsity enjoyed a more dominant Sprints race from start to finish...
Harvard’s first player to finish was Wang, who fell behind 3-0 in the first set against Marable but surged ahead with twelve straight game victories to win 6-3, 6-0 in the No. 6 position. The Crimson received its third point from Lingman, who at No. 2 overpowered Tennessee’s Blakeley Griffith...