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Sailing Flying Juniors and 420s under a shifty south-southwesterly breeze, Harvard fell behind the first day, winning three races and losing seven to tie with Coast Guard ahead of MIT. On the next day, the north wind didn’t blow any more favorably for the Crimson, which finished 7-11. Boston College finished 5-0 to win the regatta with a 16-4 overall record...
...There can be few hotels that actively avoid 100% occupancy, but Helga's Folly, overlooking the Sri Lankan city of Kandy, is one of them. "I do not like it full," says owner Helga da Silva Blow Perera, "as it spoils the atmosphere." For this reason, the hotel, tel: (94-81) 2234571, takes pains to never rent out all 40 rooms at once...
...hurricane names are repeated in a six-year cycle. A name is retired only when the namesake storm causes extensive damage and the country affected makes such a request. In 2001, for example, Michelle replaced Marilyn, which demolished the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1995. Opal became Olga after its blow to the Florida Panhandle that same year. This year Andrew, which devastated Florida in 1992, was replaced by Alex. "We've probably heard the last of Jeanne," Clark notes. Van Wyck won't be sorry to see it go. Says she: "The folks at church are getting sick of hearing...
Lansing sees studios gravitating toward emotional stories in 2005 and '06 and away from whizbang effects movies. She's also a big booster of comedies. "When you're worried the world is going to blow up, you want to escape and see something that's funny," she says. "That doesn't mean we're not going to make serious films, but we're living in nervous times, and people want to laugh." --By Jeffrey Ressner
...Iraq to health care to jobs, as each candidate desperately sought to land that single, memorable haymaker that voters will replay in their heads on November 2nd. For my money, however, that defining moment came a week earlier in Miami, during the first debate - and it was a knockout blow for Kerry...