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Last December, no realistic visions of victories danced in the heads of the Harvard women's squash players, because no one thought they could win it all. It was not outrageous fortune, however, that led the Harvard women's squash team to become the 1989-90 intercollegiate national champions. It was work. Hard work...
...Harvard women's squash team, last year's national champions, started its season with a 9-0 blow-out of Bowdoin. Each Crimson player swept its opponent in three short, sweet games...
Israeli policymakers say the international community should fund new jobs in the territories, but they consistently squash any Palestinian efforts toward economic independence, fearing the political implications. George Nasser, a textile-factory owner in Bethlehem, says he was repeatedly refused permission to expand from 35 to 140 workers. "If we were allowed to modernize, nobody could compete with us," he says...
...highly stratified social set. Sharon volunteered to help at Children's Hospital, Denver's most chic charity. She sold cookies through Cookie Express, a mini-business she started with chum Nancy Davis Zarif, daughter of Denver oil tycoon Marvin Davis, who dominated society in the city. Neil played squash at the Denver Club. But genteel poverty amid rich friends pinched: with Neil's $30,000 Amoco salary and a relatively modest $210,000 home, the Bushes were not keeping pace with their new friends...
There is excitement in Australia for international sports, including minor sports such as cycling and squash--a fervent nationalistic support for Australian athletes abroad. There is tremendous pride when an Australian is successful in an international arena, such as Wayne Grady's win in this summer's U.S. Open...