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...time my daughter was in grade school, Title IX had kicked in. I found myself becoming a soccer mom before pollsters knew there was such a thing. Courtney became a Stoddert Stomper, playing on the team at the neighborhood school. There she was in a bright gold mesh-and-Lycra uniform, shoes with cleats. Much of the time, it wasn't pretty; the kids all went where the ball was. They were sprinting, passing, lunging and kicking with abandon, just like the boys. I stood there amazed. A child I hardly recognized as my own hurled herself toward the goal...
...years ago John Hays Hammond Jr. perfected a system of radio control for ships, the first ever put into actual use. Directed by his devices, the battleship Iowa was used as a target during naval maneuvers off Panama in 1923. Recently the destroyer Stoddert was converted into a radio-controlled target, maneuvered off San Diego. The Navy intends similarly to equip the destroyers Kitty and Boggs...
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