Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Croatian-born architect Vladimir Milunic's new building on the banks of the Vltava River in Prague has one. It's called Fred and Ginger, after its twin towers: one flirty and curvilinear, the other solid and upright. The staggered windows and rippled riverfront facade reflect the adjacent row houses even as the building stands apart from the rest of the city. Using some local construction techniques combined with sophisticated three-dimensional computer modeling, the two architects maintained consistency with the surrounding buildings but added Gehry's signature whimsy. Ginger isn't twirling like that just for fun, though...
...time he walked out, she was building an academic career and turning her home into a think tank, where she ran a sort of salon for Democratic foreign policy makers. She taught international relations at Georgetown, where students voted her the most popular professor four years in a row. In 1984 she pitched in as Veep candidate Geraldine Ferraro's foreign policy adviser. "She was the perfect teacher," says Ferraro. "We'd discuss arms control, missile throw weight, geopolitics, you name it. I'd make a tape of the briefings and listen to them again when...
With his drive, there may be no limit to the accolades Zimmerman will receive. This was the second season in a row in which Zimmerman led the Crimson in scoring. He will most likely be selected to the First Team All North squad, and he would probably have been given All-Eastern honors if the Crimson had successfully advanced to that tournament...
...awards cap off a solid season for Harvard water polo. The Crimson (23-8) finished fifth behind Brown in the North Division, narrowly losing to the Bears in the qualifying round for Easterns for the second year in a row. Unfortunately, only the top four teams advance to the tournament...
...promised to serve no more than two terms in the Senate, Thompson has shown little regard for its clubby folkways. He quickly signed on to his friend John McCain's campaign-finance-reform bill and began battling for such internally unpopular measures as term limits. Two years in a row, he has killed otherwise automatic congressional pay raises by demanding they be voted on separately...