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...sports tradition most similar to dousing a coach with Gatorade after a huge victory, but few coaches weigh under 125 pounds and are flung with ease into the icy depths of Lake Quinsigamond. But coxswains won’t complain about that. Their job is endlessly stressful and rife, perhaps, with misplaced blame, but a sopping wet and shivering coxswain is apt to be a happy one.Why? Only gold medal-winning coxswains are rewarded with ceremonious flops into the waters of the race course. The tradition of collegiate rowing calls for it: after winning a championship race, oarsmen team...
...decision. Some lawyers at the court expressed relief, explaining that while a decision against Musharraf may have upheld the integrity of the constitution, the consequences for the country could have been devastating. No one knows what Musharraf would have done had the court ruled against him, but rumors were rife that he would declare martial law, suspending basic rights and civilian institutions. "In view of the total political atmosphere in the country, the ruling is good," says Sheikh Zamir Hussain, a High Court Lawyer from nearby Rawalpindi. "A ruling against Musharraf would have led to chaos, and maybe martial...
...Bias and Reggie Lewis, both seminal events in the franchise’s decline over the past two decades. Boston fans still mourn the losses, as much for the Celtics’ subsequent 20-year slump as for the death of two greats. The line was as rife with historical recollection as newfound hope. Few franchises have the historical marquee of the Celtics, and Boston fans— perhaps more than any others—recall every basket and coaching change that have made the Celtics the power they once were and the farce they have been.Throughout my three hours...
...judging by the transcript, he has good reason to worry about it. Among other things, bin Laden maunders about corporations causing global warming and the Democrats failing to get the U.S. out of Iraq. Speculation is already rife that he is wearing a fake beard, since his gray of a few years ago has mysteriously disappeared. It seems he's either lost his mind or is the victim of a covert action campaign...
...That feeling, which more and more Guatemalan mothers and adoptive mothers in the U.S. are experiencing these days, reflects the growing awareness that adoption in Guatemala is all too often a multimillion-dollar underworld trade. The nation's ill-regulated adoption business, run by private lawyers and notaries, is rife with corruption, including forged paperwork, payoffs to women who agree to hand over their children and, in some cases, newborns stolen from hospitals or mothers' arms, according to the government human rights ombudsman's office. One U.S. couple spent almost two years and $50,000 to adopt their Guatemalan daughter...