Word: polos
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Istvan Zollei has found a “family away from home” in the Harvard water polo team. The economics concentrator from Hungary has distinguished himself in and out of the pool. He is a four-year starter and three-time all-conference nominee for the Crimson. After raving about the team and its recent improvement, Zollei also mentioned that he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa junior 24. He’s pursuing a career in finance after graduation...
...market-research firm NPDFashionworld. The perennially smaller menswear figures have been exacerbated in recent years by a sluggish economy and the switch to casual dress at work. While a high-quality man's suit, with its attendant tie and shirt, starts at $400, a pair of khakis and a polo shirt can be had for $100. Though the garment industry sees hope in the return to more traditional dress codes at a few buttoned-down firms, it seems doubtful that there will ever be a widespread restoration of the formality of years past...
...student-athletes will lose the activity they hold dearest. It’s a scene that occurs too often across the country now. When wallets dry up, or when Title IX requirements become impossible to fulfill, the small sports are the first to go. Fencing, gymnastics and water polo teams often vanish when more popular sports remain unaffected...
Communication is an art as well as a business for Cico, who speaks five languages, including Mandarin. Raised in Verona, she took the career route of another famous northern Italian, Marco Polo, and went to China, where she managed ventures for Italian telecoms in the 1980s and '90s, an experience that honed her negotiating skills. Says Cico: "My parents taught me that if you have integrity, you should never be afraid to speak up." --By Tim Padgett. With reporting by Sol Biderman/Sao Paulo
...action” kind of guy, is about ready for take-off. He’s a few parts history buff, spouting off obscurities like the exact dates that Hitler experienced bomb scares; a few parts clean-cut prep school good ol’ boy, all tucked-in polo shirts and khakis; a few parts all-American gentleman, opening doors and shaking hands and even drifting into a patriotic Southern accent despite being a New Jersey native as well as a first generation American whose parents are from Romania and Turkey. But Sarokhan, really, is 100 percent ambition...