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...found such a vision in his timeless “To an Athlete Dying Young,” when he bids a deceased youth farewell with the heartening words, “Now you will not swell the rout / Of lads that wore their honours out / Runners whom renown outran / And the name died before the man.” By claiming Aaliyah after a mere 22 years on earth, death may have won a small victory. Ironically, though, by asserting itself overzealously and taking Aaliyah when her talent and popularity were at a zenith, it may very well have...

Author: By Z. SAMUEL Podolsky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Life After Death | 2/22/2002 | See Source »

Fitzpatrick, on the first play from scrimmage, tossed a fade to Morris, who outran his cornerback, made the catch and rumbled in for the score...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Record-Setting Comeback Keeps Football Unbeaten | 10/29/2001 | See Source »

...Which brings us back to Colby. That resentment, that challenge-winner's curse, had the cowboy on the ropes for a while. But after eighteen (or is it nineteen?) consecutive challenge victories, Colby looks to have outran and outlasted the curse, and the betting here is that resentment or not, the jury has probably come around to the fact that without a schemer-in-chief to take the Machiavelli prize this season, the man deserves the million on physical and mental prowess alone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colby, Keith or Tina? | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

...meter race, freshman Alasdair McLean-Foreman outran four runners who were seeded ahead of him to take first place...

Author: By Brian E. Fallon, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Track Improves By Leaps and Bounds at Heps | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...Crimson didn't even wait to get on offense to score again. On the next Penn possession, the Quakers moved to the Harvard 48. Hoffman, pressured in the pocket, threw a strike which freshman cornerback Benny Butler had been waiting on. Butler intercepted the ball in stride and outran the Quakers for 50 yards before reaching the end zone...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Penn-cil Harvard Out: Game-Winning 32-Yard Field Goal Sails Wide Left | 11/13/2000 | See Source »

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