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...eight got in on the fun as well, finishing 1-2 in the second varsity race. The Crimson 2V got off to a great start and extended its advantage throughout the race, while the third varsity eight trailed the Huskies most of the race.The crew then found an extra gear as it passed the MIT boathouse, pulling even with Northeastern and eventually ahead into the second spot. The Crimson 2V finished in 6:17.4 for its second win of the year, while the 3V followed at 6:24.5 and Northeastern clocked in at 6:26.8.“It?...
...search on amazon.com for “cougar” yields a helter-skelter selection ranging from innocuous merchandise—Washington State football gear, John Mellencamp albums, and a Disney-biopic-cum-Lassie-knockoff about a cub searching for his family—to unrated films and pornographic novels (Hot Cougar Sex and Cougars, Poptarts & One Night Stands, to name a few titles...
...event description starts most inauspiciously with this sentence: "Are you wondering what you might do next summer?" Look Harvard, these prefrosh are just looking for a good time. But you just took them into uncharted territory and then spanked their already future-oriented complexes into high gear. "Have you begun to think about what you might explore as possible career paths after graduation?" You don't have to tell Harvard students to worry prematurely—they'll do it fine themselves, thank you very much...
Dave Sayler, a camping specialist at the Seattle flagship store of REI, one of the country's largest outdoor-gear companies, has fielded all manner of ridiculous questions from rookies. "I try to keep a straight face," he says. "I've been asked if a tent will keep bears out." (For the record, the answer...
...history's greatest military tacticians - as he unfolds his battle plan to remake the U.S. military. Last week he unveiled a $534 billion budget proposal for 2010 that calls for killing some of the military's most cherished weapons in favor of less high-tech gear better suited for the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the most likely future conflicts. "You don't need," he said, "a $5 billion ship to go after pirates." (Read "Gates Takes Aim at Military Pork...