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...work. I've sharpened every pencil within a five mile radius. I've shaved, overeaten, cleaned my desk, showered, made tentative plans to someday do my laundry, and called all past and present acquaintances plus a few phoney phone calls because I'm such a cut-up. I am now ready to begin my studies...
...crowds of curious civilians blocked the highway and forced us to park the car about a mile from the firefight. The faces of the onlookers revealed a nervous excitement rather than fear. As we walked further down the road, the sound of machine gun fire became louder, but to our surprise the crowd did not thin. The multitude of people offered us a sense of security, so we kept on moving towards the battle...
...Harvard men's team, which competed in a five-mile race over alternating surfaces, it was a day of some disappointment...
...cross country strategy--staying together in a pack. "It's a lot easier running in a pack," said junior captain Brian Cann. "[But] the Penn team did exactly what we wanted to do." Penn broke the race open as the runners headed into the woods at roughly the one-mile mark...
...times, however, were not indicative of just how dominant the Crimson was. By the end of the race's first mile, the first eight places were held by Harvard runners. Eventually, the Crimson took seven of the first 10 spots...