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Teammate Noam Mills, the No. 1 seed in the epée, fell, 15-10, in the final round to Penn State’s Margherita Guzzi Vincenti to claim the silver medal. The sophomore defeated another Penn State competitor, Anastasia Ferdmann to advance to the championship round...
...meters that surpassed the second-place finisher’s score by almost 11 meters. He then led the Crimson in the hammer throw by earning the runner-up title with a score of 56.74 meters. Juniors Eric Clayman and Ablorde Ashigbi closely followed him to help Harvard claim a two-four-five finish in the event. In the shot put, freshman Edwin Brucker and Brady recorded the top-two collegiate marks of 16.40 and 15.78 meters, respectively, and co-captain Justin Grinstead earned a second-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 54.15 seconds...
...14th-ranked varsity eight finished third in its heat, edging out UC Davis by less than a second—6:59.45 to the Aggies’ 6:59.52—to claim a spot in the finals. No. 3 Virginia led all varsity eight crews with a time...
...they alone. Arabs, who would seem to have an even stronger race claim than Hispanics do, are trumpeting their own write-in campaign because the Census by default counts them as white - and the bureau announced this week that it has no intention of changing that policy in 2010. Incredibly, the term Arab doesn't even appear on the census form, though other Asian ethnicities, like Indian, are listed as races. (Ironically, part of the problem is that Arab immigrants a century ago petitioned the Federal Government to be categorized as white to avoid discrimination. Today, Arab-American leaders realize...
...Pakistanis alleged to have disappeared into secret custody before he was deposed by Musharraf, and had ordered members of the security forces to produce several of the missing in court. Now, some media commentators are suggesting that Chaudhry is retreating from that fight. Chaudhry's supporters deny the claim, and say that the court will not shy away from prosecuting any security officials who have broken...