Word: topness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...really give someone a hint one way or another whether they’re allowed to use the first name—why the policy debate team is interesting, I think he would just ignore you. He would lift his straw hat from the table, place it on top of his head, say, “Have a good day,” and leave. He has better things...
...round is on Saturday at 8 a.m. or 8:30. One round of debate can take around 2.5 hours with four debates a day. This happens for two days, while you compile a record and, at some point, break for lunch. The third day is elimination rounds, where the top 32 teams compete in a tournament-style bracket. Good teams will be debating until late Monday, when a champion is crowned. Younger teams book flights home early...
Looking back over the article, I guess he was probably right. But for me the article was interesting because it underscored the dramatic rise of that year’s top pair, KT (last names Klinger and Tarloff), for whom the horizon was rapidly expanding, with the national championships imminent, and great things about to come...
There will always be pairs of top debaters, but over the past 30 years the one constant has been Dallas. In searching for a good anecdote about her coach, Cata kept harping on his old straw hat. When I said he was an intimidating man, Geoff agreed and said he’d felt the same way at first. Both of them stressed the fact that he was direct and honest and really cared. Cata said that every once in a while he wears pink or green suits, artifacts from the 70’s. Bredehoft puts it best...
Harvard College is trying to make it a bit easier for parents to stay on top of campus news that may affect their children’s lives...