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Four Radcliffe crews faced off against a slew of collegiate and international foes in the annual Head of the Charles Regatta yesterday afternoon. Despite the tough competition, the Crimson women drew on the hometown crowd to post a set of excellent early-season results.The lightweights raced first, fielding two boats in the lightweight eight division. Radcliffe’s first varsity eight placed sixth overall and third among collegiate crews with a time of 17:36.954 for the 5K race.“I think we were hoping to place a little better than we had, but that being said...
...forcing a Crimson timeout. Recovering quickly, Harvard used a junior co-captain Lily Durwood-senior Kathryn McKinley set-kill combination to quell the Lions’ surge. From there, three Columbia errors allowed the Crimson to cruise to the 3-0 shutout.CORNELL 3, HARVARD 2Amidst a lively crowd with both team affiliations well-represented, Harvard duked it out with Cornell on Friday in a marathon game that culminated in a 3-2 Big Red win. “That’s what we define as heartbreaker,” Kocurek said. The teams jostled for the lead throughout...
...started in 1980. The Roe v. Wade decision had elevated the political importance of abortion, and while Catholics tentatively supported Jimmy Carter in 1976, they soon determined he was not the pro-life politician they had assumed. When Carter appeared with Ronald Reagan at the Al Smith Dinner, the crowd embraced the GOP challenger with warm applause. Carter was booed...
Despite expressions of admiration from those who gathered to welcome McCain, not everyone in the crowd was a supporter of her father. One man in particular stuck out from the crowd with an Obama button on his shirt...
...Louis-Sébastian Lenormand climbed to the top of an observatory tower in Montpellier, France, leaned over the edge, and jumped. An astonished crowd watched as he fell to the ground with the aid of a new contraption called the parachute and landed unhurt...