Word: successful
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What is the secret to the Harvard rowing program's success? How has it continued the tradition of producing championship-caliber crews since 1852, when the Crimson defeated Yale in the first intercollegiate competition of any kind...
However, the secret of Harvard's success also includes the program's ability to attract novices to the sport, keep their interest in crew, and develop some of them into sturdy varsity rowers...
Although the key factor in the success of the Crimson crews is the talent and commitment of the rowers, Parker and the coaching staff have played a major role in forming these legions of rowers into a solid core of fast boats...
...daughter of a poor migrant worker family in McAllen, Texas, Rodriguez will become her family's first college graduate today. Rodriguez has five natural brothers and sisters, as well as seven step-brothers and sisters. She is a perfect example of the Harvard success story--disadvantaged kid makes good in the Ivies. But the going has not always been smooth...
Rodriguez wishes similar success, and similar opportunity, to other Hispanics and Blacks who have been unable to break out of constricting environments...