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...publicized - but sadly numerous - cases of murder and brutality committed by soldiers and Marines, the military has punished, often severely, those who committed crimes. But it has spent little energy examining the leadership and command failures that created a climate in which such crimes could occur in the first place. (See pictures of the Fort Hood shootings...
This year’s Winter Games have special meaning for Botterill as they take place in her home country of Canada. Though winning three Olympic medals would be any athlete’s dream, representing one’s country on home turf is particularly significant—and so far the extra pressure has paid off, with the Canadian women’s hockey team winning three decisive victories against Slovakia, Switzerland, and Sweden this past week...
...think that a lot of people questioned it, but I never did,” Hughes says. “I’ve always seen myself going to college, so that was never an option. Harvard is just a great place, so trying to balance the two made sense...
Coming off of her Olympic debut and an eighth place finish at the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships, Hughes went through yet another grueling test of her abilities—the college application process...
...When I came to visit here, it was just an amazing place,” Hughes says of Harvard. “I couldn’t see myself anywhere else...