Word: boated
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Crew teams have an obvious reason for concern about weight. Lightweight rowers have to weigh in at a certain level or they don't row in that boat. But for many other people, weight concerns develop for less discernable, psychological reasons...
...Council for the Advancement and Support of Education. The winners included a physics major, a musical prodigy who finished first in last year's New York Philharmonic Concerto Competition and an Air Force Academy cadet from Viet Nam who in 1975 was forced to flee Saigon in a refugee boat...
What boasts six staterooms, quilted leather ceilings, a steam room, a screening room, 14 bathrooms, two Harley-Davidson motorcycles, two racing boats and, oh yes, a helicopter? (No peeking at the picture.) The answer, from the ever grand Malcolm Forbes, is a brand-new yacht he discreetly describes as "dramatically restrained, in quiet taste, nothing opulent." At least not for someone who collects million-dollar Faberge eggs for fun. Last week 107 guests, including Secretary of State George Shultz and Chief Justice Warren Burger, came aboard to admire the $5 million, 151-ft. three-decker at the Forbes magazine tycoon...
More serious doubts surrounded the Harpoon missiles launched by the Navy cruiser Yorktown in a night action. At first the Navy claimed that a Libyan patrol boat 38 miles away had been hit. But officials later backed off, admitting that the cruiser may have been shooting at a "mirage." If the gunboat was for real, ask critics, did the Harpoons (cost: $944,000 each) miss? And if the Yorktown was shooting at a mirage, what does that say about the $1 billion cruiser's complex, highly sensitive Aegis radar defense system...
Last year, after the opening loss to Brown, Parker replaced two oarsmen and a coxswain and reshuffled the remaining seats. But with a more experienced boat this year, a more successful start for the Crimson is imminent. "I think everyone learned his lesson [against Brown and Navy last year]," says Mahoney, "and they're certainly willing to prove...