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...Altogether, 201 nations, territories and city-states?plus the island of Taiwan, which competes under the nebulous title of "Chinese Taipei"?joined the parade of athletes in last Friday's Opening Ceremony of the 28th Olympiad. Some, including the Americans, Russians and Chinese, are hoping to burnish their countries' reputations with bulging medal counts. Others, including Bhutan and East Timor, which is competing for the first time, are simply happy to wave their flags. Unlike high-profile gold-medal hopefuls, many of whom travel with their own personal trainers and a fridge full of optimal training food, athletes from these...
This should come as no great surprise to any follower of Crimson tennis, for Fish has produced consistently impressive results. Entering this, his 28th season, he had accumulated an overall record of 437-185 and an astounding 209-23 in Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association (EITA)/Ivy play. In only two years under Fish’s reign has the Crimson lost more than two EITA/Ivy contests, and the squad has gone undefeated in the conference 14 times...
...course, there are the worthy exceptions to the rule that go off fighting AIDS in Tanzania or bringing modern technology to isolated communities in South America. But for the large majority of Harvard students, the whole notion of a broad education will end on May 28th. Students often complain about feeling “restricted” by Cambridge and yet they still dash off to a small office and suit over the summer. This year, broaden your horizons and do something for yourself and for your own development. Thankfully in America the cream always rises...
...battle cry, “Remember the Alamo.” It took 18 minutes for them to defeat the Mexican army, and in exchange for his life, Santa Anna signed over all the Mexican rights to Texas. After gaining independence from Mexico, Texas was then annexed as the 28th state in the Union...
...28th World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery’s International Collegiate Programming Contest pitted against each other 73 three-person teams from colleges in 31 countries in a race to solve 10 problems in five hours. Each team was allowed to use only one computer...