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...deserves to be remembered, I think, for some acts more visionary than land grabbing south of the border. He fathered the modern American Navy, for example, while his peacemaking between Russia and Japan in 1905 elevated him to the front rank of presidential diplomats. He pushed through the Pure Food and Meat Inspection laws of 1906, forcing Congress to acknowledge its responsibility as consumer protector...
Feaster finished her junior campaign as the only Division I player to rank in the top 15 nationally in both scoring (12th) and rebounding (14th). But she saved her most impressive accomplishments, and play, for her senior year...
Egalitarianism is ingrained, reinforced in the days when army officers wore no insignia of their rank on their shoulders...
...never root for one team over another because I generally don't care who wins. But I admit I do feel vindicated by the Princeton University basketball team's 26-and-1 record and its rank of No. 8 in the country. I confess I wouldn't be all that disappointed if the team wins a couple of games in the NCAA championships that start this week. But only because it might teach a lesson to the guys I play pickup basketball with on Tuesday nights...
Despite being a huge underdog, the Crimson isnot discouraged. The entire team still believesthat it can shock the basketball world and pulloff what would rank as one of the greatest upsetsin Tournament history...