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...serious failure in security arrangements "the understatement of the year." January 1994 Cambodian student David Kang runs toward Prince Charles and fires two shots from a starting pistol at an event in Sydney. Charles displays considerable sangfroid as his would-be assailant is wrestled to the ground a meter away from him. He maintains that security was "well handled" by Australian police. February 1994 American prankster James Miller paraglides onto the roof of Buckingham Palace, then strips to reveal that below the waist he's wearing only a coat of green paint. Scotland Yard say the incident doesn't raise...
...sunbaked Caribbean island of St. Croix, where his smiling visage now adorns a giant billboard at the airport, Duncan's first sport was swimming, not hoops. Like his older sister Tricia, who swam backstroke in the 1988 Olympics, he was a high ranked amateur in the 400 meter freestyle. But after Hurricane Hugo destroyed the island's only Olympic pool in the fall of 1989 - and his mother Ione died of breast cancer several months later - Duncan never again competed in the water. He only started playing organized basketball in high school, but as a senior Duncan caught the attention...
Despite a strong two-victory effort from Evans and virtual dominance on the boards behind junior Rene Paradise and sophomore Anne Osmun—who took first and second on the three-meter board, as well as second and third on the one-meter—the Crimson’s individual accomplishments paled in comparison to the awesome power of the Tigers’ machine...
Whelan was also on the track team during the indoor and outdoor seasons, and ran on the 4-by-800 meter relay team during both campaigns. Whelan, Maludzinski and seniors Megan Moran-Gates and Sam Piper were part of the 4-by-800 team that took first place at indoor HEPS...
...Crimson women were solid through the year, placing third in both indoor and outdoor HEPS. Freshman Mary Serdakowski won the 60-meter hurdles at indoor HEPS, while senior Helena Ronner captured the triple jump title...