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...chairman and founder of Nike Inc. and the protagonist of Swoosh is Phil Knight, a former distance runner at the University of Oregon and a laconic accountant who thought it would be more enjoyable to sell shoes than balance checkbooks. He started out representing a Japanese running shoe called Tiger but realized he could create and hawk his own American shoe. Nike was named for the winged Greek goddess of victory and given the now familiar "Swoosh" logo (at the time, someone said it resembled an upside-down Puma insignia). At first Nike made shoes for serious runners...
...order to attack the strongest naval base in the world: "To! ((the first syllable of totsugekiseyo, meaning: Charge!)) To! To! To!" It was Fuchida who sent back to Tokyo the triumphant signal that the attack had caught the Americans by surprise: "Tora! ((Tiger!)) Tora! Tora...
...least important of his ideas was to recruit a cadet classmate named Mitsuo Fuchida, who could train all of Yamamoto's pilots and lead them into battle. Fuchida, grandson of a famous samurai, was born in 1902, a Year of the Tiger ("Tora! Tora!"), so he was 39 when summoned to his mission. An ardent admirer of Hitler, he had grown a toothbrush mustache...
Harvard's strength is its ability to push the ball upfield from both sides. Clark, Fowler and Gaffney have proven very adept in transitions this year. Once Harvard pushes the ball into the Tiger end they will have to match Princeton's aggressiveness and force corners, its best offensive weapon...
Even though Harvard's John Oakes broke up the Tiger string with a seventh-place finish in 26:30, the Tigers assured themselves of victory with their five top-ten finishes. Harvard's frustration was compounded by the impressive finishes of Alex Johnson and Jim Hickey, who finished in 11th and 12th, bringing Harvard to within one point of Princeton...