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...Height in feet that an Australian storm carried two paragliders--2,965 ft. higher than Mount Everest--as they prepared for the Feb. 24 World Paragliding Championships...
...maintained for the next seven decades. Through the years, the Old Theater's stage was home to some of dance's biggest names, including Galina Ulanova, who danced the definitive Romeo and Juliet in the 1950s, and her contemporaries, the couple Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev. During the height of the cold war, it remained one of the Soviet Union's most potent exports. Beautiful and mysterious, the Russian dancers' sleek lines and avant-garde choreography dazzled Westerners...
...lead by sophomore Shannon Flahive, who won the long jump with a 5.75 meter leap. Sophomore Becky Christensen came in second in the high jump after leaping 1.73 meters, while junior Clara Blattler tied for second in the pole vault with classmate Sally Stanton, with each clearing a height of 3.65 meters. Junior Molly Boyle was third in the weight throw with a 15.63-meter throw. Freshman Kathryn Orchowski was fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.94 seconds, with sophomore Aishlinn O’Callaghan just behind her in fifth at 59.09 seconds. Sophomore...
...committee members and overseers enthusiastically talked to the press about their choice.“It’s good to be able to talk,” said Corporation Fellow Nannerl O. Keohane.Meanwhile, Faust faced questions that ran the gamut from plans for the University to, well, her height.“I’m 5-11,” she told curious Crimson reporters. “Just don’t ask me how much I weigh.”Given that Faust is poised to take over the most high-profile job in higher education...
...Royal finally has finally acquiesced to an image she had angrily spurned: the Indulgent Mother of the French Republic. At the height of a critically important speech in her campaign for the presidency of France on Sunday, she took up the issue of the country's underfunded education system and allowed her cool reserve to crack. "As a mother," she said, her eyes glistening, "I want for all children born and reared in France what I've wanted for my own children." The crowd of more than 10,000 Socialist Party members loved it. It was the key moment...