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Alexander Graham Bell thought the telephone should properly be answered by saying, "Hoy! Hoy!" -- an odd term from the Middle English that became the sailor's "ahoy!" and reflected Bell's sense that those speaking on early telephones were meeting like ships on a lonely and vast electronic sea. The world has now grown electronically dense, densest of all perhaps among the Japanese, who answer the phone with a crowded, tender, almost cuddling, quick- whispered mushi-mushi. The Russians say slushaiyu (I'm listening). The hipper Russians say allo. Italians say pronto (ready). The Chinese say wei, wei (with...
...breaststroke, no one had a prayer ofdenying Crimson senior Scott Hoy the gold. Hoy,competing in his final race at Blodgett, dashedthe field by finishing in 2:05.13, nearly fiveseconds faster than everyone else...
...nucleus of Harvard freshmen divers offers ahopeful turn to the future in the midst of Hoy'simpressive farewell. Led by Matt Paulson'sone-meter win with 267.825 points and a victory inthe three-meter by Bob McDermott (277.20), theCrimson swept both events...
Rounding out the strokes for the Crimson was perhaps the most pleasant surprise of the the evening in the 200 breaststroke. Australian Scott Hoy, returning from a two-year layoff, set a meet record, completing the race...
...wanted to go out doing this thing right and boy is he doing it," Bernal said, referring to Hoy's expectations for his comeback season...