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That disappointment in the early program led to a difficult seeding in the Grand Final, which Harvard’s lights shared with Georgetown, Princeton, Yale, Cornell and No. 1 seed Navy. By that time, racing officials officially recognized the winds—which persisted at speeds of 10-12 miles per hour—as a hindrance and laid out the field accordingly, giving the higher seeds the advantage...
...personal freedom. If my neighbor's heart attack shows up on my tax bill, I'm more likely to support state regulation of what he eats--restrictions on what grocery stores can put on their shelves, for example, or what McDonald's can put between its sesame-seed buns...
Fish’s statement could have applied to his entire team, a squad which carried a 16-seed to Illinois’ top-seed. Harvard simply would not give...
...ended the training sessions "under the pretext of renovating the gym," Korzeniowski says. "Of course they never finished, and athletics was the only session open." Walking was his destiny. In 1984, he qualified for the Polish championships, where he placed last. But competing on a big stage planted a seed: "I started to dream." The dreams fueled his drive, and led to strong results at major ju-nior meets like the World Student Games in 1991. But success, he now says, convinced him he was better than he actually was. "Thanks to God, I was disqualified at the '92 Olympics...
...fact remains, however, that 16-seed Harvard is the underdog resting in the mighty Orange and Blue shadow of top-seed Illinois...