Word: heavyweights
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...documentary, like any movie trying to hold your attention, needs either a big theme - some tremendous political injustice will do - or a magnetic character that keeps people watching. Tyson has character to spare, since its subject and star is the two-time heavyweight champion and three-year guest of the Indiana penal system. In boxing, "the sweet science," he was the Frankenstein monster...
...result is almost assured, why so much interest? Three reasons. First, South Africa is Africa's economic and political heavyweight. What happens in South Africa affects all Africa and is often seen as a weather vane for the continent. In particular, the ANC is the most prominent of Africa's liberation movements - the revolutionary parties that overthrew white or colonial rule. Its success or failure in adapting from the demands of fighting a revolutionary war to the demands of competing in a free and fair democracy - requiring less a transition than a total reinvention - has wide implications for Africa, even...
...This Saturday, the two crews once again demonstrated their competitive spirit, fighting respectively to maintain the heavyweight Compton Cup and the lightweight Haines Cup, honors they won last year. Both crews held onto their prizes, keeping them in Newell Boathouse for the second year...
...following races were also strong performances and indicative of the overall strength of Harvard’s heavyweight program...
Saturday morning marked two firsts of the season for the Radcliffe crew program, but only one of them went the Black and White’s way. The heavyweight team captured its first Cup race of the season, while the lightweights lost their first dual race to Stanford.The eights were the star boats for the No. 15 Radcliffe heavyweight crew team on Saturday morning on Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, New York and led the Black and White to victory over Syracuse and Dartmouth. The win means that the Elizabeth O’Leary Cup, named for Radcliffe heavyweight coach...