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Hawkes said this type of problem, while uncommon, is not unheard of. Such accidents are "pretty much unpredictable," he said...
When the officers put the man in the back of the car, "he started banging his head against the window and kicked the rear window of the cruiser out"--a fairly uncommon occurrence, Riley said...
...Davidon, who became the fastest single-sculler in the U.S. while pursuing a medical degree at Johns Hopkins and a doctorate at Harvard simultaneously. Or triple jumper Mike Conley, who happens to be a deputy sheriff in Washington County, Arkansas. And Americans aren't the only Olympic athletes with uncommon pursuits. Conley's rival in the triple jump, Britain's world-record holder Jonathan Edwards, worked in a genetics lab in Newcastle until recently...
Freshman Alex Kurmakov and sophomore Eric Matuszak packed a solid punch on the sprints and were one half of the 200-yard free relay team that took first at Easterns. The rest of the freestylers came up to the standard set by the leaders; it was not uncommon to see Harvard aquamen challenging each other for the lead...
This is one version of the Harvard myth, and one that is not uncommon for a member of an entering class to have. Harvard seems to make good on a large part of this myth and rewards achievement for its fulfillment...