Word: sportingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...assembly until last June, he was one of the wiliest and most powerful politicians in the state. Last week he was at a subway stop in San Francisco, grabbing for the hands of voters as they rushed for the perennially late trains. "In San Francisco politics is a contact sport," says Brown. "All my campaigns added together haven't been this hard! You have to personally shake hands with every single person in this city. And if you don't, they're insulted!" As if to make the point, a commuter comes up to Brown and says, "I think...
Crew is the quintessential time-consuming sport, and it lasts all year. The men's varsity team practices 20-25 hours a week in the fall, and about 30 hours a week in the spring. That can really play havoc with your work schedule...
With the victory on Sunday, Radcliffe moved its record for the 1995 season to 5-0. Despite club-sport status and the attendant lack of recognition from much of the University community, the team clinched the top seed for the New England Rugby Football Union championships, which begin this Saturday at Harvard. It also defeated a formidable rival which had entered the game undefeated and which reigned as national champs just three years...
Stockman and her classmates persisted, however, through the drudgery which typifies much of the club-sport experience...
Midway through the season the Crimson faced off against Brown--a team that they had only beaten once since water polo became a varsity sport--and came away victorious...