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...sweep of the 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard butterfly, and most notably, the 400-yard freestyle relay. Sophomores Katy Hinkle, Laura Murray, and Kate Mills and freshman Alicia Lightbourne dominated the relay, finishing nearly four seconds ahead of their teammates in 3:24.89. Close behind, rookies Monica Burgos and Margaret Fish and sophomores Ali Slack and Holly Furman took second, capping the most impressive win for Harvard. Hinkle is the defending Ivy champion in the 50-yard freestlye, winning the race in 23.18 seconds last year.The young swimmers have contributed greatly to the success of the Crimson, posting...
...secret that people like shorthand names. Bartholomew almost always becomes Bart, Alexander gets squeezed down to Alex and Margaret - inexplicably - turns into Peggy. Coca-Cola had barely dented the national consciousness before it was compressed to a short and sweet Coke. Ditto the National Biscuit Co., which sounds like a place that manufactures dog chew toys - until you abbreviate it to the scrumptious Nabisco...
Filling out the 2009 ballot are Photeine M. Anagnostopoulos ’81, Joshua S. Boger, Morgan Chu, Mark D. Gearan ’78, Margaret A. Levi, Cristian Samper K., and Robert L. Freedman...
...Which is just what their constituents in Maine like and expect from their Senators. The state has a tradition of flinty Yankee independence that dates back to another Republican Senator, Margaret Chase Smith, who in 1950 issued her famous Declaration of Conscience against McCarthyism - with Senator Joe McCarthy sitting only three seats behind her in the chamber. Maine doesn't bend easily to the prevailing political winds. Locals take a perverse pride in the fact that no other state has voted more consistently for the loser in modern presidential elections. And while they voted for Obama last fall...
...There appears to be little agreement just what this change should be. Young suggests licensing prostitutes so the industry "is more controlled, regulated and safe." Hong Kong lawmaker Margaret Ng is calling for changes so that more than one prostitute can operate out of the same apartment. That way, workers can watch out for each other. "We need to aim our efforts against organized crime instead of exposing sex workers to danger, especially when it's a danger to their lives," says Ng. "But I get the feeling that most people in the government don't have...