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...representative of the hard work we’ve put in on land. The ice is still very thick, and we have six weeks until our first race, so we just want to keep doing what we’re doing.” Just missing the podium, Larsen-Strecker nevertheless had a standout performance with 06:58.8—particularly since she had not originally planned to compete, but took her teammate Danielle Thiriot’s place when Thiriot had to bow out due to injury. “At this point in our season we haven?...
...good enough for second place in the league. Despite the fact that Harvard touched the wall first in 19 events—one fewer than the combined total of the other two squads combined—the Tigers notched enough second and third place finishes to finish atop the podium. Princeton also beat Yale 228-125 to finish with a 5-2 EISL record and a perfect home mark on the season. “We came into the meet wanting to win,” co-captain Brian Fiske said. “We knew that Princeton and Yale...
...really want--was betrayed in three debates pitting libertarians against traditionalists on issues like immigration, gay marriage and the need for an alternative-energy plan. By my reckoning, the libertarians won none of them. My favorite moment came when Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute began pacing behind the podium, pulling his chin as he realized that his "let the market decide" rhetoric wasn't going over very well against former CIA Director Jim Woolsey's argument that, as a matter of national security, the U.S. government should support hybrid technology and alternative fuels. Taylor actually proposed that the poverty...
...really want--was betrayed in three debates pitting libertarians against traditionalists on issues like immigration, gay marriage and the need for an alternative-energy plan. By my reckoning, the libertarians won none of them. My favorite moment came when Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute began pacing behind the podium, pulling his chin as he realized that his "let the market decide" rhetoric wasn't going over very well against former CIA Director Jim Woolsey's argument that, as a matter of national security, the U.S. government should support hybrid technology and alternative fuels. Taylor actually proposed that the poverty...
...unlike his predecessor, the new boss at the Pentagon isn't into grandeur or ceremony, or so it seems. On Friday, in his first official press conference since taking over six weeks ago, Gates shunned the traditional Pentagon press briefing room, with its imposing stage, Pentagon seal, podium and klieg lights, opting instead for a casual get-together with the fourth estate at his dining room table. With some four dozen reporters crammed into the room, the session covered the gamut of defense issues; how the U.S. military will indeed chase and kill or capture Iranians if they threaten...