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...Shifty breezes greeted sailors on Saturday, and such conditions are usually a boon to Harvard, which practices in the fickle urban winds of the Lower Charles basin. After sailing 10 races on Saturday, competitors completed the final four on Sunday in strong current, with which the Crimson does not usually have to contend in practice...
With the Lower Basin of the Charles River still sealed in ice, the Harvard sailing team began its spring season by adjourning to the warmer waters of Charleston, S.C. Judging by its sixth-place finish, the Crimson itself may still be thawing...
...cartographers race to redraw the map of the Indian Ocean basin after last month’s tsunami, they might also have to account for new changes in Iraq. No, Iraq is not yet an autonomous democracy, nor has it been carved up along ethnic and sectarian lines. Neither has Iraq joined the Union as the 51st state...
...Seattle tsunami? If a Cascadia quake were large enough, it could drive a wall of water toward Seattle and Vancouver. The Puget Basin has its own network of faults fully capable of generating large earthquakes and tsunamis...
...from China's top four oil fields is in decline. By some estimates, the country's current proven reserves will be depleted in as little as 14 years. Meanwhile, it is not economically feasible to drill largely untapped petroleum pools believed to lie beneath western China's desolate Tarim Basin, even with prices at $50 a barrel...