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Yesterday, the Red and Blue exploded to a quick deck-length margin off the stakeout and had taken a full-length lead by the 500-meter mark. Harvard, which was trailing Navy as well at that time, was rowing at 36, and although that cadence was holding the Quakers' lead steady at one length, It was not moving the Crimson any closer...
...harmful effects of the late rearrangement were scarcely visible as the Crimson opened up a deck-length on the Tigers after 500 meters and broke the race open with a power 20 near the 1000-meter mark...
...peeled off properly. Aquarius, the lunar module that had served as savior instead of explorer, unzipped easily. The command unit Odyssey touched down within four miles of the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. Helicopter recovery ticked along as if automated. Soon Lovell, Haise and Swigert were on the carrier's flight deck, hearing Rear Admiral Donald Davis say, "We're glad you made it, boys." The ship's chaplain said a prayer of thanksgiving, and the three astronauts joined him. In Houston, Marilyn Lovell touched the universal mood when she said: "It was beautiful...
...Rowing at a 36 for the body of the race, the Crimson increased its lead over M. I. T. to a deck length by the 500 meter mark of the 2000-meter race, and had made it a full length at the halfway point...
...merchant seamen did not have to be urged twice. In the Eagle's hold were 4,525 tons of explosives, a mixed load of 500-lb. and 750-lb. preassembled napalm bombs consigned to U.S. Air Force units in Thailand. Secured on deck were 50 tons of live detonators. While the men, some in their skivvies, were tearing at the lifeboat covers and at work on the davits, Second Mate Robert Stevenson called to the bridge: "Is this for real?" Third Mate Herbert Gunn shouted down: "Cast off and stand clear. There's a live bomb aboard...