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...meter backstroke was also a successful sweep for the men. Mike Im, a junior, broke the pool record, winning with a time of 2:01.24. His teammates, freshman Dan Shevchik and Nyweide placed second and third, respectively, with times...
Coach Tim Murphy had a meeting before the meet to remind the men of that loss. Losing a relay in this midseason dual meet, some team members say, will only serve as incentive to sweep all five relays at this year's conference meet, which will be held at Long Island, March...
...that it was time to go. This would explain the defeated tone that at times crept into his speech--his apology to the Russian people for the hardships they had suffered during his rule; the admission that he had been wrong in thinking Russia could be transformed in one sweep from its "gray, stagnant, totalitarian past to a bright, rich and civilized future." In fact, "I believed this too," he added poignantly...
...over the powers of office--including control of Russia's strategic nuclear forces--to 47-year-old Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Russian TV showed Yeltsin, already wearing his overcoat, holding the door of his ornate Kremlin study open for his successor. "Your office," he told Putin, with a stiff sweep of the arm. Soon afterward, the traffic in central Moscow was stopped, perhaps for the last time for Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, as his convoy sped to his country residence. And a couple of hours later, Putin issued one of his first presidential decrees: "On Guarantees for the President...
...Huskies have won four of its last five games, including a two-game sweep against Maine, in which Northeastern outscored the then-undefeated Black Bears...