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...said he is going through intensive exercise in the gym such as biking and stair climbing. This summer, he will complete his final training at a camp in Colorado by going on long hikes carrying weights on his back. Above all, numerous hiking experiences have prepared Osborne for his face-off with Everest. Since 1999, when a friend first convinced him to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro, Osborne has climbed mountains in Russia, Alaska, and South America. “I fell in love with it. I like being outdoors, and the technical aspects of the climb,” Osborne said...
...Patrick wins the Democratic primary, that would set the stage for a face-off between two Harvard alums in the November general election. Lieutenant Governor Kerry M. Healey ’82 is the overwhelming favorite for the Republican Party...
...renewed power in the rivalry, stopping 131 of Harvard’s 136 shots in the two teams’ last three match-ups (including last season’s ECAC semifinal game). Friday’s game will start at 7:00 p.m., while Saturday’s face-off against Yale will take place at 4:00 p.m. Bright Hockey Center will host the games. —THE CRIMSON STAFF
Admit it -- You miss thecold war. It was a roughly symmetrical duel, a face-off between two nuclear powers. The battle against terrorism is more like a free-for-all in a gladiator movie--spear vs. net, triton vs. tiger. We land our troops with guns. They board our trains with backpacks...
...road. He asked his chief of staff, "Do you think they'd work together?" The easy, reflex answer would have been no. George Herbert Walker Bush and William Jefferson Clinton came from different generations, from different social classes and from opposing political parties. Their 1992 face-off wasn't exactly tea and sympathy: Bush once called Clinton a "bozo," and Clinton usually referred to his rival as "Old Bush." The 10 years that followed weren't much better. The 1992 defeat hit Bush so hard that friends say he needed half a decade to get over it, and an aide...