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Critics say Franks needs an additional heavy Army division. The Administration sent Franks into combat without the 4th Infantry and other reinforcements that he expected to have. Those heavyweight 62,000 troops were supposed to swoop down on Baghdad from bases in Turkey to open a second front. The Administration assumed a multibillion-dollar aid gift plus permission to put Turkish troops across the Iraq border into Kurdish territory would persuade its NATO ally to allow U.S. forces to use Turkish territory. What the Administration didn't seem to factor in was the strong opposition of Turkey's mainly Muslim...
...Radcliffe heavyweight crew’s race Saturday against Penn and Brown was cancelled due to inclement weather. Because of the cold and unfavorable forecast, the teams were unable to row in the basin of the Charles River, where they usually compete. Brown, therefore, decided not to make the trip north on Friday night. Penn, on the other hand, had already arrived and, as it turned out, the weather was suitable for a race farther down the Charles. Ivy League restrictions limit the number of races each team can schedule and, as the Black and White already has the maximum...
Though the Charles River remained sheathed in ice until three weeks ago, the Harvard and Northeastern heavyweight crew teams have turned the heat way up on their perennial rivalry...
...heavyweight and novice races against Northeastern for the Rowlands Cup, originally scheduled for Saturday, have been re-scheduled for May 10 because of unrowable conditions on the Charles River. The river basin by the Harvard bridge was still frozen over when officials had to decide whether or not to proceed with the races this weekend...
...hope that Howard was right, that that’s all there is to it. Let’s hope that some bizarre new underworld crew subculture wasn’t born or exposed that fateful night. Let’s hope that when the Harvard and Northeastern heavyweight crews meet—and the schedule says they’re supposed to this weekend—that nothing too bizarre happens On The Waterfront...