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Objectively, the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team had a fantastic season.Finishing with an 8-1 (6-1 Ivy League) record, the Crimson only dropped one contest—to its archrival Princeton—over the entire campaign. In addition, Harvard claimed a second-place finish at both the ECAC and Ivy League Championships, while sending two swimmers and one diver to their respective NCAA tournaments in late March.The Crimson was close to perfection in its performance in the pool this season. But following the team’s flawless 2007-08 showing, close...
...amazing time watching all of my teammates succeed and swim incredibly fast,” sophomore Kate Mills wrote in an e-mail. “Our championship truly was a team effort. We always said that we were a special team, and in the end, we proved that we really were a special group of girls. I think that speaks to the atmosphere of our year...
...style. Safari game drives allow close encounters with a host of beautiful beasts (just don't expect Tsavo or Kruger), and multiple soft-adventure activities are also on offer, from fascinating wadi walks to mountain-biking, kayaking through mangrove lagoons and snorkeling with coral-reef denizens - you'll probably swim with turtles and if you're lucky even glimpse the rare dugong. This is an imaginative alternative to the usual formulaic resort. Book yourself some Arabian nights...
...John Yettaw crazy or just eccentric? The answer is not quite clear, as the Missouri man remains in a Burmese prison charged with a head-scratching nighttime swim that has imperiled one of the world's best-known democracy figures. Yettaw, 53, is accused of strapping on homemade flippers and illegally swimming to the Rangoon home of Aung San Suu Kyi, the opposition leader held under house arrest for 13 of the past 19 years. Relatives say he made the same swim last year, for reasons that are still murky, but was turned away. Suu Kyi, 63 and in poor...
...unintended consequences of political inexperience. "Burma's pro-democracy movement has long been an attraction for fantasists, fanatics and adventure tourists," writes Aung Zaw, editor of the respected online news magazine the Irrawaddy, sho covers Burma from neighboring Thailand. "Did John William Yettaw consider the consequences [of his swim]? Did he think for a minute that he would do more harm than good? Probably...