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...Lake Michigan, it's easy to imagine an idyllic Olympic experience. With Grant Park and the tip of the Willis (né Sears) Tower at your back, gaze out at the site of the planned rowing venue. Instead of the geese you hear honking, imagine coxswains barking at their boat mates. A comfortable breeze blows in your face on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon. "Look around," says Casie Piejko, an Olympic supporter and a 30-year city resident, during a break from biking along the lake. "It's beautiful." (See 10 things to do in Chicago...
...ends not by urging tough legislation but by calling for community activism and labor-union muscle. The problem is that movies, even Michael Moore movies, aren't an efficient method for rousing a constituency. Fahrenheit 9/11 didn't do half the damage to George W. Bush that the Swift Boat smears did to John Kerry. Sicko couldn't change lawmakers' minds on health care; a few shouters at town-hall meetings...
...coast, this wonderland of forest and fjords, www.grosmorne.com, is home to moose, caribou, whales, eagles and black bears. Spend a morning hiking around the Tablelands, a slice of ancient ocean floor forced up when the continents of Africa and North America collided several million years ago. Then take a boat trip down Western Brook Pond in the isolated northern reaches of the park. Don't be fooled by the word pond: Western Brook is 10 miles (16 km) long. The journey through the jagged cliffs and cascading waterfalls will leave you feeling as though you've tumbled into The Lost...
...Tufts uses the Lark dinghy for its competitions,” Himler said. “This type of boat is a bit different, as it is a long boat that accelerates quickly. We were a bit disadvantaged in sailing these boats because we don’t practice on them...
Junior Colin Santangelo skippered the A-division boat to a third-place finish out of 17 schools, aided by the efforts of freshman crew Sarah McCuskee. The duo finished in the top five in seven of its 12 races, with two victories in its final three contests...