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...worked as a secretary for a lawyer who happened to be a speed-skating official and suggested that her son try the sport. Within two years, Davis was winning regional titles. Now 6 ft. 2 in., he propels himself with long, powerful strides to the forefront of the long-track events, in which two skaters race next to each other but against the clock. This winter, defying speed-skating convention, Davis tried to become the first skater to compete in both long-track and the more roller-derby-like short-track events at the same Olympics, but he fell just...
...standoff between Davis and the skating establishment widened a bit in December when the skater, who had already qualified for the long-track events, skipped those trials, even after officials had rescheduled them to accommodate his short-track attempt. But there is an upside to the ongoing feud. "If people make him angry," says Davis' mom, "he has a tendency to really perform well...
...believe that everyone has the desire to be free,? Bush says, but his critics charge that the price of a war to spread freedom abroad has meant restricting it here at home. This is not just a matter of obvious and necessary measures to track bad guys and stop them. It includes the freedom to even have this argument...
That pre-exam pep talk was heard for the last time by a new batch of freshmen last weekend following a loss to Northeastern, the first meet for the Crimson since the holiday break. It also marked the first time Harvard took to the track since Haggerty officially announced his retirement...
...three years following commencement. The next decade involved a long stint as a high school teacher, with a few years in and out of Harvard mixed in. Eventually, in 1982, Haggerty took over as head coach of both the men’s and women’s track and cross-country programs. In doing so, he became the first head coach of both the men’s and women’s programs and only the ninth coach since the school began formal competition over 130 years...