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...wind was really pushing the boat left, and to make matters worse, the officials had us line up on the far left-hand side of the course," women's heavyweight captain Stephanie Malliaris said. "The buoys just went under the starboard instead of the port oars and once we missed the first buoy, there wasn't enough time to adjust before we missed the second...
...most frustarating thing about the penalty is that it didn't make us at all faster," Malliaris said. "If anything it slowed us down when one of our oars hit the buoy...
...accounts. This money could then be invested in stocks and bonds, as has been advocated by Bush advisor and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61. Feldstein has argued that private investments will create a "All-Gain, No-Pain" fix for Social Security, as the swirling stock markets buoy the program to higher and higher returns. Yet pleasant fantasies may not serve as the basis for future policy, and there are several persuasive reasons why such painless gains will not be realized--and should not be pursued--outside the theoretical realm...
...gubernatorial race between then Acting Governor A. Paul Cellucci and his Democratic challenger, Scott L. Harshbarger '64 helped buoy the statewide primary numbers as well...
Fair enough, it was mainly a symbolic victory. The House of Commons probably could have defeated the Lords without us, but we did manage to edge out two boats piloted by the peers, despite getting caught around a buoy and running aground, again. At the end of the race we hadn't capsized, we hadn't come in dead last, and while my boss now knew that I could swear like a sailor, he hadn't fired...