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...first two opponents in under a minute, DeNunzio eventually won the title with a 6-4 victory over Ben New of Cornell, ranked No. 12 nationally. His sheer domination in the tournament earned him the Sheridan Award, given to the wrestler who gets the most falls in the shortest amount of time...
...century, and certainly not the 20th, starts or finishes neatly in culture or in politics when the zeroes click over. Ours, like Europe's, "began" among the slaughters of the trenches, say around 1914, and "finished" with the collapse of Soviet communism, say around 1989, thus becoming the shortest ever. The phrase the American Century comes, of course, from a wartime editorial written in LIFE by its founder, Henry Luce, expressing an updated view of the 19th century belief in Manifest Destiny: that it was the fate and duty of America to "lead the world" in all things--spiritual, political...
...rigorous role," Wilson said. She added that her 10-year term was "longer than I intended to stay when I came." Wilson's tenure will be the shortest of Radcliffe's seven presidents...
...about to read the shortest senior thesis ever written at Harvard. I am submitting it to the English Department, quite unsolicited, with the hope that some famous literary scholar will take the time to read it. But I suppose there's no harm in your having a sneak peek...
With 100 points this season, Harvard's shortest skater is second only to the 5'11 Mleczko among the nation's leading scorers. Shewchuk admits that her official height of 5'4 is "generous," but she makes up for her lack of size with her quickness and her ability to light the lamp at a frightening pace...