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...oarsmen on a crew. Like football coaches, coxswains receive the ceremonial bath of victory—a subtle but powerful tradition that sets coxswains apart as special and indispensable members of any championship crew.It is easy to see the distinction between coxswains and rowers. Even the untrained eye, unfamiliar with the intricacies of boats and power 10s and stroke ratings, will note the overwhelming difference in size between coxswains and the rowers they urge forward throughout a 2,000-meter race.But coxswains are misunderstood by those who only casually watch boats rowing by on the Charles River. A chorus...
...required reading by all college admissions officers. As a college admissions consultant with several Asian clients it helped me immensely to understand that lumping all Asians together under one banner is dangerous and misleading. I would venture to say that most Asian students, regardless of their particular ethnicity, are unfamiliar with these statistics, as are most Americans. A very important piece of social analysis. GERALD BRADSHAW Crown Point, IN October...
...While those unfamiliar with conkers assume that the game is based on luck, some serious participants claim that practice refines their game. Ian Moss, a technical support engineer from Wisconsin, has attended eight consecutive world championships, and hones his skills on the small but growing international circuit, which includes at least five competitions throughout Europe. "I try to strike it from the side where you get a nice line right across the nut," he says. Although he lost in the first round to a man dressed as a scarecrow, his spirit remains in tact. "You lose and you get bruises...
Kyle Kovacs might be a little unfamiliar with the lead role, but based upon his performance this season, you wouldn’t be able to tell...
...still being played in the first week of January just increases the odds that party nominees may be selected before most of the country has even tuned in. That's a problem, with the stakes so high in a country unsettled by war and so many untested--and still unfamiliar--candidates. A recent Time poll shows Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton leading their respective competitors nationally, but the race is still wide open. Bill Clinton has described campaigning for President as a job interview, with an application process consisting of unrelenting media scrutiny and a grueling coast-to-coast gauntlet...