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...period, when the Elis’ leading scorer, Joe Zappala, caught Harvard in a line change and snapped off his 17th goal of the season. Daigneau had a clear look at the shot, which came from the top of the left circle, but it hit his leg pad and trickled past...
...more than 20 points following event nine, Cromwell turned in two consecutive dominant performances on the first leg of the 200 and 400-yard medley relays. On each occasion, he burst ahead of the pack early and then stretched his lead to at least 0.99 seconds before touching the pad...
Using the moon as a launching pad for Mars, as President Bush suggested last week, may not be the most sensible route to the Red Planet. But that doesn't mean a return to the moon shouldn't be part of a reinvigorated human spaceflight program. There are plenty of reasons to go back to the world we abandoned 30 years ago--some fanciful and futuristic, others quite practical...
...immigration official checks my papers quickly and appears satisfied. He tells me to smile for the spherical, silver camera that floats above his head, then leads my right index finger and then my left to the electronic pad that registers my prints. Though I understand the need for this and appreciate that it is done swiftly, I prickle slightly, feeling like a booked criminal in a country with which I have had a long and pleasant association...
Sophomore David Cromwell, swimming the first leg for Harvard, fell behind early and trailed by 0.39 seconds heading into his last 50 yards. But Cromwell erased that deficit on the home stretch, seizing a 0.98 second lead by the time he touched the pad...