Word: iras
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...neither the money nor the systems necessary to meet this challenge. Will you help us set up nationwide systems of care and treatment?" And I said, "Sure." I had no clue how I was going to do it . . . but I knew it needed to be done. So I called Ira Magaziner, who did health-care policy for me at the White House, and we set to work. He enlisted the help of the Harvard Medical School, the Columbia School of Public Health . . . and global partners like PharmAccess in the Netherlands . . . over 80 people, working for nothing or in one case...
...Rude and Smooth dealt with the same national ranking difficulty that recent Crimson crews have had, in that Harvard often does not attend the official Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship regatta. However, in 1974, after Harvard won the Eastern title, Western champion Washington invited the Crimson to an east-meets-west duel to determine the true national champion...
...Washington, the Crimson’s two boats stopped to race IRA champion Wisconsin on its home turf, defeated the Badgers as it had in Eastern Sprints and silenced any talk of IRA superiority. Harvard then went on to beat the Huskies and seal the title, with the Crimson junior varsity boat setting a Washington course record, only to watch it broken 20 minutes later by the varsity crew...
...truth is, with most of these people, I never really knew them then,” Ira M. Gessel ’73 said. “It’s kind of nice talking to people, to see what they’re doing with their lives, even though they’re strangers...
...margin of four seconds over Wisconsin, capturing the sixth national championship for men’s heavyweight crew in Harvard history. A strong third-place showing from a previously undefeated second varsity boat helped garner the Ten Eyck trophy, as well, presented to the overall points champion of the IRA races...