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...have found the key to a national championship. Her name is Lily Lorentzen, and don’t let the “Class of 2009” tag fool you. While she’s new to college squash, Lorentzen brings ample experience from a year spent training and competing on the professional circuit. The Greenwich, Conn., native was accepted into Harvard a year ago, but deferred her enrollment to concentrate on squash. Now finally a member of the second-ranked Crimson, her presence at the top of the ladder may give Harvard the advantage necessary to topple...
...Puritans!) and paying the $10 cover, we noticed two things: the attractive, brass-railed bar and the attractive, smiling bartender, who furnished us with an equally attractive beer. Onstage were a bunch of guys who looked like they were having fun: a bluegrass-rock band called Old School Freight Train. The band included a mandolin, fiddle, and banjo in addition to the regular stuff, and they were awesome; it was one of those performances that lasts more than an hour but feels like it’s over in ten minutes. It was grin-inducing and unlike anything we?...
...said that while some marathon runners worried that he made them look bad, others enjoyed the diversion. “Running a marathon is ridiculous enough,” he said. “To see a juggler just makes it that much more fun.” To train for the marathon, Warren ran an average of 8 miles a day and worked up to a 20-mile run the week before the event. For an extra burst of energy, he ate chocolate cake the night before the marathon. According to Warren, adding juggling to jogging takes practice...
...gently squeeze it; if you lend this salesman an ear, he'll bash it; if the irrigator gets his fingers on your money, he'll channel it straight into a community's grass roots. And if you're crazy enough to stand in the way of a human road train, Estens will drive on - over, under, around or right through...
...Dubbo office, Estens is speaking to four men from the local council about a proposal to increase night-time security around a troubled housing estate and areas vulnerable to vandalism during school holidays. The Estens road train starts its engine; the AES chairman settles into his pitch, which always comes with dramatic hand gestures. "It's about stretching communities." "We want people to lift themselves up." "Those on welfare are a pull-down on others." "I'm interested in that middle third." If the money can be found, Estens would like to employ a manager for the security service...