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Following a third-place finish in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the U.S. National Track and Field Championships, 2001 Harvard women’s track co-captain Brenda Taylor ’01 found just one obstacle keeping her from a berth in the IAAF World Championships—a 55.62 second qualifying standard which she had to meet by July...
...Littering. There is a canyon I took a boat tour through the other day which is very famous—when the natives lost a battle to the Spanish, they threw themselves heroically off the 1,000-meter-high canyon walls into the river rather than surrender. Today, people who are finished with colas or snacks heroically throw their trash into the water...
Fresh off of an NCAA title in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles on June 2, Taylor placed third at the U.S. Track and Field National Championships at Eugene, Ore. last Saturday. Her 55.99-second finish puts her in position to make the U.S. National Team for the World Championships in Edmonton, provided that she can meet the world qualifying standard of 55.67 seconds before July...
Clever reached his top distance on his third throw of the preliminaries to lead his flight. He was in third place going into the finals, but American record-holder Tom Pukstys—now in the twilight of his career—reached 74.49 meters on his second throw to bump him out of the top three spots. Clever failed to reach the 70-meter mark in any of his last three throws...
...experiences rank as high on the surrealism meter as being asked to judge a robot dog contest. In following the cyber-pooch in question - AIBO, or Artificial Intelligence 'Bot - for two years now, I've seen Sony's high-end consumer toy go from a $2,500 limited-edition fad to a relatively mass-market, mass-produced $1,500 fad. But what transpired last Saturday afternoon at the Sony Metreon, San Francisco's massive multiplex and temple to all things techno, made me believe AIBO is leaving the realm of novelty and entering the living room and hearts...