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...Harvard mock trial team, a close-knit group of pre-laws and legal enthusiasts, worked its way to the best finish in recent memory last weekend at the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) national championship...
...words of Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, helped thwart several plots set for the eve of the new millennium. Rice is prepping for her testimony by reviewing briefing books that she studied for a private session with the commission in February, and she will be peppered with mock questions from aides. Sources tell TIME that Rice plans a 20minute opening statement to make the case for the Bush team. She's likely to stress the Administration's efforts to overthrow the Taliban before 9/11. She told TIME last month the Bush team was out not only...
Fifteen seconds." the 17-year-old sprinter laughs self-mockingly as she reveals her time for the 100 m at last week's South Asian Federation Games in Islamabad. She has reason to be embarrassed: her time was more than three seconds slower than the winning Sri Lankan's 11.81. "I don't think that's so good for the Olympics, is it?" She giggles some more, and her head scarf slips down, exposing thick auburn waves. Despite the fact that she is in a restaurant full of men, she leaves it there, too caught up in her own joke...
More was at stake than was visible to my parents, who by the end of the week were wondering whether there’s a TV watchers’ equivalent of the Betty Ford Clinic. Even I was a little concerned by how seriously (mock-seriously, I told myself) I was taking my TV viewing. But then the real issue became clear: not having my own TV at school, I was simply trying to make the most out of my limited time with access to cable and not much else to do. Based on what I’ve heard...
...ability to take himself less seriously has limited the negative impact of rejection. “If I’d won Miss Harvard, I’m not sure I could have dealt with the tremendous responsibilities of that position,” he says of the mock beauty pageant. “She’s always an ambassador.” Where his voice is concerned, Hunter respects the notion of different strokes for different folks. “There’s no such thing as a bad singer, just bad for that genre...