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...that contest, a Harvard oarsman caught a massive crab in the first ten strokes of the race, leaving the Crimson a length behind with the race hardly begun. The Tigers staved off a furious Crimson charge at the finish and held on to win by the narrowest of margins, a scant .2 seconds...
Billed as "science adventures for curious grownups," Nova so far has looked to the skies to describe the distant Crab nebula and explain the pulsar, a kind of astronomical time clock that lies within it. The program has gone underseas for a scientific examination of dolphins and whales, resisting the temptation to Flipperize its subjects. It has even presented a fascinating inside look at the difficulties that a team of science-film makers encountered in making a nature film. Other shows will explain experiments with Washoe, a chimpanzee who has been taught to speak in sign language, and tackle...
...from the expertise of many leading scientists who, says Ambrosino, "are starving for the opportunity to portray science accurately." In Strange Sleep, a dramatization of the discovery of anesthesia, eminent Bostonian physicians did a remarkably credible job of acting as they portrayed their medical predecessors. Occasionally, as in The Crab Nebula, the program's accuracies are a bit too complex for laymen to follow. But for the most part the shows accomplish their purpose: to stimulate the mind of the curious grownup by raising a new question for every one that they answer...
Once again, Radcliffe had problems with its start. Number-seven woman. Allison Hall caught a crab on the third stroke of the race and a member of the bow four washed out during the ensuing few strokes. Because of the early mishaps, Radcliffe found itself even with B.U. and uncomfortably trailing MIT by two seats ten strokes into the race...
...expected, it was a dull race. What little excitement there was in the contest came during the first ten strokes when Crimson four-man Bob Leahey caught a crab, enabling Navy and St. Catherine's to pull slightly ahead of Harvard...