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...time of 8:51.34. The other bright spots during the day were sophomore Alex Lewis’ second-place finish in the long jump and classmate Christopher Green’s similar finish in the 800-meter run. The Crimson women swept the top two spots in the pole vault and the 60 meter hurdles, with sophomore Clara Blattler’s clearance of 3.51 meters and senior Mary Serdakowski’s time of 9.07 leading the way. Sophomore Sarah Bourne also won the 5000-meter run with a time of 18:00.94. By herself, Scherf competed...
...bank robbers come barging into the bank manager's home, take everybody hostage and order Dad to pop the safe at the branch office. But there's a time lock on the vault, which can not be overridden. That permits everyone to hang around in the living room, getting to know one another while the miscreants eat all the Wheaties. Eventually, Dad proves to be not quite the doofus he seems to be, the plot is foiled, and bourgeois order is restored to 79 Wistful Vista Drive...
...Brown won the meet with 73—the women grabbed 35.5 to finish far behind first place Cornell. The Crimson women had three top finishes on the day, with sophomore Lindsey Scherf, senior Mary Serdakowski, and sophomore Clara Blattler winning the mile, 60-meter hurdles and pole vault, respectively. Scherf edged her competitors with a time of 4:49.79, while Serdakowski’s time of 8.84 earned her the victory. While not finishing in first in any event, junior Stevie DeGroff earned five points for Harvard by placing second in the 200 meter dash and third...
...million Number of seeds, representing all of the world's known crop varieties, to be safeguarded in a "doomsday vault" on a remote Arctic island 75% Estimated proportion of crop species believed to have been lost since...
...China's tennis prodigies to vault into the top ranks, as the Russians have, they'll need one crucial ingredient: international competition. The country's tennis program once focused almost exclusively on domestic tournaments and obscure regional competitions. Four years ago China decided to strengthen its women's tennis team and started to allow athletes to spend more time on the WTA tour. Still, China's top women?currently required to hand over up to 65% of their earnings to the state?were obliged to skip Wimbledon last year in order to train for the National Games, a domestic version...