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...America had not and did not need to have any significant trade with the Soviet ; it means little or nothing to her to discontinue the imports of furs, caviar and crab. With us, things are quite different. We obtain from the Soviet bloc essential foods and raw materials [timber and grain]-and we believe that in these trade exchanges we get as good as we give, economically and strategically...
When the Princeton 150-pound varsity shell neared the quarter mile mark, the number two man, Jim Neff, caught a crab and was catapulted out of his seat into the Charles. The Tigers managed to limp in sixth ahead of Cornell, nonetheless...
...Tigers also won the freshman heavy race, with Harvard second and Tech last. In the J.V. race, the Crimson won easily over Princeton, but Tech never finished after catching a crab in the final sprint. Three Crimson crews swept the 150 regatta held prior to the heavy races, beating Tech and Tabor Academy...
...Crimson third varsity crew beat American International College by several seconds in a mile race on the Charles River. The distance was shortened because of the choppy conditions due to high winds. Both crews experienced a great deal of difficulty in the rough water. American International pulled a crab about the midway mark of the race but recovered quickly...
...land." But the nearest islands at that point were the Azores, 600 miles to the north. A few days later the Santa Maria, Niña and Pinta ran into an oceanful of good omen. Soft breezes, another boatswain bird and a sea of floating weed with a live crab still enmeshed in it pleased everyone, and "the best sailors went ahead to sight land first." Actually, the lonely little formation had not yet reached mid-Atlantic: boatswain birds wander hundreds of miles from land and the seaweed was the Sargasso...