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Both the Radcliffe heavyweight and lightweight crews finished in the runner-up position this weekend, after facing top-ranked national competition early in the season. While the No. 10 heavyweight crew battled difficult conditions against No. 7 Princeton, Cornell, and Bucknell for the Class of 1975 Cup, the No. 4 lightweight team advanced to the Grand Finals of the Knecht Cup only to finish behind the top-ranked Wisconsin Badgers.With the Class of 1975 Cup on the line, the heavyweights took to New Jersey looking for a win, but Princeton showcased its signature speed and swept both varsity eight races.Despite...
...counterparts, Harvard’s heavyweights dominated the varsity four race, as four Harvard boats finished ahead of the Brown boat. The A boat won the heat with a 6:29, with the B boat just one second back. The D boat finished in 6:37 and the C crew finished two seconds back with 6:39, besting the Bears by three seconds. It was Brown who jumped to an early lead in the second varsity eight. The Crimson was able to keep it close and apply some pressure, but was never able to pull ahead as Brown rowed...
...ship whose crew overcame a band of pirates off the coast of Somalia docked in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Saturday, its sailors relieved to be safe but distraught over the fate of their captain, who remains captive in a lifeboat...
...Soon after tugboats pushed the Maersk Alabama into port, crew members appeared at the stern of the ship to praise Capt. Richard Phillips. "He saved our lives!" said one man, identified by The Associated Press as second mate Ken Quinn, of Bradenton, Florida. "He's a hero." Another, who identified himself as ATM Reza, said that he had persuaded one pirate to go to the engine room, where he overpowered the pirate, stabbing him in the hand and tying him up. (Photographer Jehad Nga offers a rare glimpse of the men who plunder the east coast of Africa...
...hungry?Using his own “brilliant formula” for zombie movies, Schlozman says he can predict the plots of most offspring of “Living Dead.” The similar trajectories of these films tend to begin by introducing “the motley crew of survivors” as an unlikely bunch of heroes. They coincidentally meet in some benign location—a mall, a house, a hospital—after which they “wall up” in order to protect themselves. Bored with their surroundings, the characters enter...