Word: repeat
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...Americans Bobby Hackett and Larry Countryman jetted themselves through green waters with a 1:39.65 and 1:40.74 for a 1-2 finish in the 200-yd. freestyle. For Hackett it is a repeat performance. A 1:38.90 propelled the senior co-captain to his first Eastern Seaboard title ever three years...
...that the definitive word on sequels was uttered by a worldly philosopher who, upon being asked if one should repeat a homosexual experiment, replied memorably: "Once, a philosopher; twice, a pederast." It applies with particular aptness to this fitfully entertaining attempt to replicate what is alleged to be the largest-grossing foreign film in U.S. movie history. For La Cage aux Folles II makes it clear that the sheer novelty of the original-no one had thought to make a humane and sweet-spirited domestic comedy about a longstanding homosexual relationship-was responsible for much of its success. One flies...
...what remains unclear is whether Bok's letter will have any farreaching impact (aside from national coverage); for the most part, his statements merely repeat what he has said previously...
Both Princeton and Penn will visit the IAB this weekend for 7:30 contests. The Quakers, the defending league champions and favored to repeat this season, suffered their only Ivy loss at Princeton earlier in the year. Harvard has never won the Ivy title...
Wolf's impressionistic style and persistent self-analysis ultimately challenges the adage that we must not forget because to forget is to be doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. Father, A Model Childhood is dedicated to the difficulty of remembering, of separating what was from what is, while preserving a sense of relevance. Is it, Wolf wonders, "impossible to escape the mortal sin of our time: the desire not to come to grips with one's self?" The existence of the book seems to prove that it is not impossible; at least it underlines the value involved...