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...child's games are sugar-coated lessons in socializing. You learn to help the kid next to you, join the group sprint toward adolescence, be a part of the machinery of community -- as if life were mainly about teamwork. A chess child learns different lessons: that life is war by other means and that you must fight it alone, with all your wiles and no compassion...
Other companies have moved to defend their turf against the phone giant. In retaliation for AT&T's invasion of its credit-card market, American Express has formed a joint venture with long-distance rival Sprint. Alcatel, the French phone-equipment manufacturer, has entered a partnership with Sprint. And two weeks ago, British Telecom acquired a 20% stake in MCI. Says Ronald LeMay, president of the long-distance-service division of Sprint: "The more AT&T expands, the more allies it creates...
Dartmouth led Radcliffe by about two seats in the third 500 meters of the race, according to Brooks, but Radcliffe closed the gap with 500 meters to go and pulled away in the sprint, winning...
...Bailey, the Radcliffe coxwain, called an unusually long 400-meter sprint but couldn't close within two seats of the Tigers...
...That was the longest sprint I've ever rowed," Sick said. "We got to within two or three down, but then they started to sprint and we couldn't take any more...