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...minder present say they train for at least five hours. None of the dorm rooms I visit have any textbooks--strange for a school that the propaganda director tells me is "mostly for academics, with sports training just as a spare-time activity." Wang Ting, a 15-year-old runner, looks at me blankly when I ask what she does during her time off. "I run, and I sleep," she replies. "That...
...Oddly, the dominating performances by Portugal, Holland, Spain and Germany mean there are plenty of scraps left over for the runner-up spots and a place in the knockout round. And likely, a chance to be knocked out. Italy must find a way past Romania - certainly possible - and then play an out-of-form France for the second spot in Group C. Switzerland needs to beat Turkey to stay alive in Group A and possibly overtake the Czechs, who face Portugal. The Russians, who threatened the Spanish on a number of occasions, face a stubborn Greece and a rejuvenated Sweden...
...Obama become the first Democratic insurgent in a generation or more to knock off the party's Establishment front-runner? Facing an operation as formidable as Clinton's, Obama says in an interview, "was liberating ... What I'd felt was that we could try some things in a different way and build an organization that reflected my personality and what I thought the country was looking for. We didn't have to unlearn a bunch of bad habits...
...time and again turned to him as a steady hand to stabilize Harvard’s core institutions.BACKING THROUGH LIFEPilbeam was born in Brighton, England on November 21, 1940, one month after the end of the Battle of Britain. After high school—where he was both a runner and an actor—Pilbeam won a scholarship to Cambridge. Though he initially planned to study medicine, his interests shifted to anthropology.In 1963, he crossed the Atlantic to attend Yale on a fellowship, though he returned to Cambridge within two years “immunized by America...
...Harvard faltered early in the season-ending Howe Cup, falling to Trinity 6-3 in the opening round. But the team rallied with 9-0 victories over Dartmouth and Stanford to finish fifth—a respectable mark, but a far cry from last year’s runner-up finish. “It is evident that although we fell short, we do possess the talent of a national championship team,” said Balsekar, who went 6-1 after returning from injury. “I am proud of what we were able to accomplish this year...