Word: heavyweights
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...Security is always an issue for this weekend anyway just because of the numbers of people who are here,” Radcliffe heavyweight Coach Liz O’Leary said. “This year, sure, there’s a different feel to what’s happening. Times have changed...
...midst of these international gems, Harvard and a few familiar foes will try to hold their own. Northeastern, Brown, Princeton and the University of Wisconsin are all high on the starting list. Harvard has two entries: the heavyweight boat that won the George M. Angle Cup last weekend will start fifth, while another boat composed of sophomores will start 39th under the name of the Charles River Rowing Association...
...Harvard heavyweight boat also won first place, garnering the George M. Angle Cup for the fourth time. The Crimson also won the championship...
...fact, Koizumi knew early defeat. He lost his first election in 1969, an embarrassing failure to fill his father's seat. The future Prime Minister was sent off to work for an L.D.P. heavyweight, Takeo Fukuda. Koizumi answered the phone, ran errands and dusted Fukuda's shoes. He finally took his father's place in 1972, but the years with Fukuda were well spent. For an L.D.P. baron, Fukuda was famously incorruptible, and Koizumi watched his mentor lose power to factions of the party that had perfected pork-barrel politics. Koizumi today rants about the waste in government spending largely...
...After that electoral defeat, Koizumi signed up as an assistant to an LDP heavyweight, Takeo Fukuda. The job involved answering the phone, greeting guests, running errands and even dusting Fukuda's shoes. It was Koizumi's political boot camp. His antiestablishment streak developed under Fukuda, himself a bright, squeaky-clean policy wonk who frequently took on the LDP's most powerful clique, headed by Kakuei Tanaka and filled with politicians with cozy ties to special interest groups like construction bosses, farmers and war veterans. This is the faction most dependent on pork-barrel politics, campaign war chests and the obtaining...