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...struggling in a very competitive field, the five Crimson swimmers gained valuable experience and left their mark with 86 team points.IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPSHarvard and Princeton pulled away from the rest of the field early, and by the end of the first day of competition there was a 200-point gap separating the second place Crimson from the rest of the pack.Harvard showed its strength in the freestyle relays, bookending the weekend with victories in the 200- and 400-yard events. Freshmen Katy Hinkle, Ali Slack, and Laura Murray, along with senior anchor Amanda Slaight, set school records in both events...
...There is no party registration in Vermont, but it was once the most staunchly Republican state in the Union, supporting the G.O.P. in 28 straight presidential elections and enjoying a 108-year gap between Democratic governors. "It was a gray Republican backwater; being a Democrat meant FDR had appointed you to the post office," says John McLaughry, a former state legislator and Reagan Administration advisor who runs the free-market Ethan Allen Institute. An influx of urban refugees and hippie escapists from New York and Massachusetts in the 1960s and 1970s changed everything. Soon Vermont had ski resorts, billboard bans...
...TIME:You talk about a confidence gap between men and women that begins very young. In the book you write of berating yourself for not pushing President Clinton strongly enough to make a statement following the disaster in Waco, Texas. You quote Lois Wyse, who wrote, ?Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.? As a working mother, how do you help your young daughter close that gap...
...snapping them up in the U.S., paying anywhere from $200,000 to $5 million, depending on size and location. Typically, prices run about 20% cheaper per acre than traditional waterfront properties in the same locale--a discount reflecting the extra hassle it takes to get to one--but that gap is starting to narrow as demand rises...
Between the hours of 12:45 a.m. and 8:00 a.m., there was a gap in security in the Houses, said Kirkland House Master Tom C. Conley...