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Freshman sabre fencer Caroline Vloka has let the entire nation know that she is here to stay. Vloka capped off an impressive rookie season last March, finishing the NCAA tournament with a silver medal in the sabre, second in the nation to Duke freshman Becca Ward. As one of the most consistent fencers on the women’s team, Vloka participated in every match for the Crimson this year, guiding the team to a 20-1 overall record. Vloka, a stranger to defeat, finished with a perfect record in many key tournaments throughout the year. She went...
...It’s hard to be completely happy with a silver medal, but it’s also hard to be really disappointed when you know you’ve performed well,” said Overington, who is in the varsity eight. “It was a bunch of solid performances that combined together for a great team performance...
...Flower Show, held in March in Christchurch, New Zealand, locally born Crusaders and All Blacks scrum-half Andy Ellis did something that rugby players aren't generally known for: he picked up a gardening award. He had help from landscape-architect mate Danny Kamo, and the theme of his silver-winning entry - cricket, beer and outdoor pursuits - was all macho...
Time, after all, is what the party needs if it has any hope whatsoever of uncovering some kind of silver bullet - buried somewhere in the 17 years of Sotomayor's federal judicial writings - that could help sink her nomination. Challenging a candidate first nominated to the bench by President George H.W. Bush and twice confirmed by the Senate, after all, would be hard enough. But at a time when the party has already alienated Hispanic voters, the GOP knows it has to tread very carefully in dealing with the first Hispanic candidate for the nation's highest court, especially...
...about six weeks, Jeffrey M. Young, the grey-haired and silver-tongued former Newton superintendent, will take the helm of Cambridge Public Schools...