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Some say that the American short story is back in style because television has reduced our attention spans. Others argue that the return of the literary sprint began as a marketing strategy: publishers could reissue old collections by brand name writers much as art museums mount retrospectives. Perhaps, but there may be a simpler explanation. The short story does what many so-called serious new novels rarely do: it tells a story...
...record stood to see another year, however, although Harvard crossed the halfway point within seconds of the course mark. Multiple lengths ahead with a mile to go, Harvard had little to push or sprint for and cruised to a 19:20.4 finish on the four-mile course...
...poised Harvard varsity that had waited four years for the view it enjoyed headed into the last 500—eight bright yellow shirts and eight blue and yellow Navy oars doing everything they could to inch closer to the Crimson—punished the Midshipmen with a furious sprint in the last strokes to the finish line. Navy’s desperate attempt to bring up the rating in the final 500 and shrink the open-water gap between the two boats did nothing to lessen the impact of those 2,000 meters...
...Harvard outsprinted the Tigers one more time. Harvard pulled away from Princeton and Cal with 400 meters left and used a strong sprint to finish off both crews...
...Princeton and us started to sprint,” Howard said, “and we had been ready to put together a really good sprint...