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...Canal building requires tricky engineering over obstacles such as hills; the typical solution is a lock, which fills or empties to adjust water height. On Britain's southernmost canal?the 140-km Kennet and Avon, linking the town of Reading on the River Thames to the seaport of Bristol?travelers will encounter dozens of locks, often close together, as in the impressive flight of 16 built in 1810 to climb Caen Hill near Devizes, Wiltshire, pictured above. In traditional canal boats that rent from $1,160 a week, you can chug merrily along, do some lazy fishing and nature watching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canal Plus | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...years, more than $935 million has been invested in canal restoration, so today visitors can rediscover the joys of a bygone pace of life in city and countryside alike. Canal building requires tricky engineering over obstacles like hills; the typical solution is a lock, which fills or empties to adjust water height. On Britain's southernmost canal - the 140-km Kennet and Avon, linking the town of Reading on the Thames to the seaport of Bristol - travelers will encounter dozens of locks, often close together, as in the impressive flight of 16 built in 1810 to climb Caen Hill near...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Canal Plus | 2/22/2004 | See Source »

...staple of Harvard hockey has always been that we don’t adjust our style of play for other teams,” Ruggiero said. “But everyone will be aware when those three are out there...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All-Saints Weekend Will Test W. Hockey | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

...Cornell and Columbia are both physical and scrappy teams,” co-captain Hana Peljto said. “Our plan this weekend is to react and adjust better to the defenses that are thrown at us than we did last time we played these teams...

Author: By Jon Dienstag, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Craves Consistency | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

...though Lafayette attempted to adjust following the intermission, Peljto—who was subsequently named Ivy League Player of the Week for her performance—was just getting started...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: AOTW: Attila the Han | 1/21/2004 | See Source »

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