Word: sporting
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Springer was a successful two-sport athlete at Harvard, posting a 49-13-3 record as Crimson goaltender over three seasons, including the national championship season of 1999. She was a key part of two Ivy League-champion softball teams, leading the 2000 team in hitting with a .379 average...
...Reagan or a Roosevelt, let alone the decency and humility of a Truman; his only vision involved his own power, and the other virtues were banished from his White House early on. But he was an interesting President, perfectly suited for a time when politics resembles a spectator sport, broadcast into millions of homes through the good offices of CNN. He inspired more novels and biographies, more praise and more hatred, than any leader since Nixon--perhaps since FDR, even. And while he himself may fade away, into Hollywood or Westchester, the memory of the Age of Clinton will linger...
Thank you for your story on the boom in high school cheerleading [LIVING, Nov. 6]. You will never know what you have done for my daughter and the many other girls and boys across the country who devote their time, energy and spirit to a sport they love. It gives young people a sense of pride, accomplishment and determination that they will be able to utilize later in life. Involvement in this sport leaves them very little time to hang out at the malls. All the hard work of the young people and their coaches should be heralded. JANICE ROMEO...
...Witness the shift in drinking habits. From guzzling beer at Pennypacker, students soon aspire to the rarefied air of Grafton and its sorely overpriced drinks. The same can be said for subtle changes in attire. Whereas sophomore year, the hordes of final club punchees tend to ill-fitting blue sport jackets that Mom bought them, by the time they are ready for interviews, these boys have become men and found their salvation at Brooks Brothers and Burberry. Indeed, from the ice cream bash Freshman Week to the champagne brunch that sums up senior spring, Harvard students slowly but ineluctably learn...
...there are some cold, hard facts that would be very troubling in any sport, at any level...