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...varsity race, Princeton held the Crimson to only a three- or four-seat advantage through the 1000-meter mark. Harvard moved another three or four seats on the Tigers as the crews passed beneath the Mass. Ave Bridge, pushing their bow ball out almost a full length...
...second varsity boat established a clear lead in the opening strokes and held steady for the rest of the course length, crossing the finish line more than 11 seconds ahead of the Orange at 6:44.0. The varsity four “A” echoed the 2V’s victory, pushing half a boat length ahead of the Big Green by the 500-meter mark. The boat extended its lead over the remainder of the race, coming in at 7:31.9 to Dartmouth?...
Although the Radcliffe varsity eight (1-4) held pace with the Big Green’s boat at the outset of the race, Dartmouth decisively pulled away by the 1,000-meter point, leaving the Black and White and Syracuse to battle for second place. Radcliffe made its move on the Orange in the second half of the race, crossing the finish in 6:32.0—four seconds in front of Syracuse but almost 12 seconds shy of Dartmouth’s boat...
While six different Crimson players finished with scores, it was Harvard’s defense that proved most impressive, as the unit forced 13 turnovers and held the Tigers to its fifth-lowest offensive output of the season...
...their language were the words Mr. Bean. They were laughing at me ... making me feel about three inches tall." That was the lament of Arthur Batchelor, a 20-year-old seaman seized in 2007 by Iranian guards in disputed territorial waters on the Iran-Iraq border and held for 12 days along with 14 other British service personnel. In a newspaper interview, Batchelor also confided that he'd "cried like a baby" during his captivity...