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...lack of interest in this election campaign." Actually, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, leader of Scotland's Conservative Party, complained that Prescott had ruined "a long and honorable tradition of throwing eggs at politicians." In Poland on a European speaking tour, Bill Clinton was also the target of an egg thrower. The ex-President brushed himself off, saying, "It's good for young people to be angry about something." Leave it to Clinton to teach the world about restraint...
When men’s track co-captain Chris Clever entered into the 2001 outdoor season, he was already the greatest javelin thrower in Harvard history, the school record holder, a two-time defending Heptagonal champion, and an NCAA and Olympic Trial competitor...
With his throw last weekend, Clever became the fourth thrower this season to surpass the 74-meter mark in the javelin. John Stiegeler of Oregon has the best throw in the nation this year at 74.92 meters...
...Last year's results] were definitely on our minds," said junior thrower Nicky Grant. "We really wanted to pay them back for what they did to us last year. Everyone knew exactly what they needed to do to score and win this meet today...
...knew plenty of people who didn't, people who couldn't accommodate themselves to the warped hierarchies of an adolescent culture. I don't doubt that in their darker moments, these unhappy high schoolers fantasized that they, like Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman, might "take a flame thrower to this place...