Word: win
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...Harvard lightweight crew lost out on its bid to win its first-ever national title June 11, finishing behind Princeton and Yale at the Empire State Regatta on the Hudson River in Albany, N.Y. The Crimson had swept the Tigers and Elis in the Goldwaithe Cup and the Eastern Sprints earlier this year but, hampered by the loss of seven-man Ted Marple to tendonitis, the Crimson finished 2.2 seconds behind Princeton...
...win by the Radcliffe novice eight was the first-ever official national title for a Black and White boat. Racing at Lake Wingra in Madison were bow Kara Berdik, Wendy Svatek, Rosie Hyson, Jolly Stamat, Anne Hardy, Laurisa Shappell, Kristi Stoddard, stroke Amy Constable and cox Maye Chen...
...issue overseer, which is precisely what the Young Report's changes will produce. Instead of a valuable forum for discussing the performance of the University and its proper role in society, the Board will become nothing more than a place to honor alumni who are famous enough to win a popularity contest...
...January, when the Justices ruled 6 to 3 that affirmative-action programs may be approved only after the strictest judicial scrutiny. The pattern became clearer two weeks ago when, by the now familiar 5-to-4 vote, the court gave large companies accused of discrimination a crucial procedural win. The Justices held that, contrary to previous doctrine, it is employees who must prove that imbalances in the racial makeup of their employer's work force result from practices that have no valid business justification. That ruling provoked a biting dissent from Justice Harry Blackmun: "One wonders whether the majority still...
Love the movie and damn all those who don't as soulless swine. Hate it and call it Field of Corn. But appreciate the care and assurance with which it was made. And grant this, that in a time when movies and politicians win approval by dodging the big awful issues, Field of Dreams engineers a head-on collision with things that matter: the desperate competition between fathers and sons, the need for '60s idealism in the me-first '80s, the desire for reconciliation beyond the grave. In a dialogue between Mann and Ray as they approach the ball park...