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Evel Knievel died Friday after 69 years, which is more than twice as long as it by all rights should have taken him. Knievel, who had been in poor health for years from conditions including diabetes and hepatitis C, was best known for his death-defying jumps on motorcycles (and other vehicles) in the 1960s and '70s. But really the stuntman, born Robert Craig Knievel Jr., was best known, and loved, for his crashes. After a number of successful jumps - over cars, trucks, live animals - Knievel shot to national fame after ABC Wide World of Sports aired footage...
...ballots were ultimately influential in the election, due to the instant-runoff system » Campaigns can spend up to $400 of UC-reimbursed money » The election took 4 rounds of elimination and redistribution to declare a winner, the highest number possible » There were 6 candidates, twice as many as this year
...impressive salary means something different to Barnhill than to many of his peers at Harvard, where the median family income for students on financial aid is about $80,000 a year—nearly twice the median income of the average American family. Half the student body receives no Harvard Scholarship aid, according to the financial aid Web site...
...also a Dorm Crew captain and a proud participant in Mather intramural sports. In fact, he spent this past semester recruiting a more diverse set of UC candidates. Following the outreach to freshmen women that Matt and current president Ryan Petersen organized this fall, there are now nearly twice as many women on the UC as there were last year...
...Born in Butte, Montana, Oct. 17, 1938, Knievel made a name for himself for his daredevil feats, jumping rows of vehicles, natural chasms and other obstacles. He claimed to have broken every bone in his body at least twice...