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...while Meyer’s teammate, sophomore Blake Lewkowitz, followed closely behind in 15:06.91, fending off another Tiger to take fourth place in the race.“It wasn’t my best time,” Meyer said about his showing. But the junior took pride in accomplishing what had been one of the Crimson’s main objectives for the weekend—beating Princeton. “I do pretty much anything I can not to let a Princeton swimmer beat me,” Meyer said. Ivy League Championship competition began...
...Earlier this year, the former head of that ministry, current Social Affairs Minister Brice Hortefeux, described his "pride" in revealing France had expelled 30,000 illegal immigrants in 2008 - a rise of nearly 29% over the previous year, surpassing the quota of 26,000 Sarkozy had set for him. Ironically, it was Hortefeux's successor, Eric Besson, who on March 2 announced that Hassanzade would be granted resident papers and could apply for naturalization. "It's significant that Sharif's victory provoked a reaction from the Minister of Immigration, not from the Minister of Sports," says Jean-Joseph Tusa, Tourcoing...
...dignified homes with running water, armed with the self-esteem and desire that accompanies good health and literacy, mobility, and legal security. The human singularity will bring bangs of creative flowering in heretofore unknown volumes and quality, and the Asian air will be signed with newfound confidence and pride. I dare any technological singularity to match this future in scale of ambition...
...Ghulam Mustafa (who denies that Qasab is from Faridkot) says the area has a long history of sending men to fight in Kashmir. Despite the risks, joining a militant network provides social mobility that is virtually unattainable in Pakistani society, giving the groups' members a sense of purpose and pride and elevating their status, says Muhammad Amir Rana, a Pakistani expert on extremist groups. And indeed, villagers have told journalists that when Qasab went home to see his family just before the Mumbai attacks, he was a changed man - calm, with a sense of purpose and able to demonstrate...
...Maryinsky Theater’s Kirov Ballet.” Whether all the Boston Ballet’s ambitions will be realized or not, this particular performance of “Jewels” was certainly successful, leading one audience member to remark with a note of pride, “The company has come...