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...last year competing at the junior level, as from next year onwards she will be over 20 and so will instead need to enter the Senior Championships. But Austin does not see that as stopping her. “Emily has consistently earned her success; she has always struck me as one of the hardest workers in the sport,” she said. “She’s driven by both her intense competitive edge, but also her love for fencing. While many people burn out after fencing as long and as competitively as Emily has, she?...
...fourth inning.“[Ratliff] kept pushing speeds, moving his fastball around the zone—everything a pitcher’s supposed to do,” Wilson said. “He was hitting his spots, keeping us off balance.”Ratliff struck out only three Harvard batters in seven innings, but worked quickly and did not issue a single walk.“None of his stuff was overpowering,” Wilson said. “Just the way he used it was.”Ratliff was perfect through four innings before...
...That's why the German model has occasionally been exported, if only on a local basis, to nations that also suffer shortages of trained workers. For instance, when BMW decided ten years ago to open a factory in central England, the enginemaker struck a deal with the British government to jointly finance a German-style apprenticeship program. Likewise, in 1995 a small consortium of manufacturing companies in North Carolina - that now includes firms headquartered in Germany, Switzerland and Austria - approached high schools and community colleges in the Charlotte area to develop Apprenticeship 2000, a four-year program for students interested...
...piece in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. Aptly enough, Reilly chose to write about the unwritten rules of sports. Several of the dicta that he goes on to enumerate, including one about stealing when owning a late lead in a baseball game, struck me as extremely pertinent. Then I reached the end of the article, which bore the following disclaimer: “Rick Reilly is on vacation this week. This column first appeared in the Jan. 16, 1995, issue.” Over a decade old, I marveled, but not in the least bit outdated...
...Crimson struck first, taking the lead in the top of the fifth when Adams scored on a sacrifice fly by freshman Hayley Bock...