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...granddaddy of rowing competitions, the Henley regatta on the Thames River in England, the Eliot House crew took part and didn't win the Challenge Cup.Instead, the U.S. Olympic shell--coached by Harry Parker, who else?--triumphed over the New Zealand Olympic squad in the final. In the lightweight division, Harvard's Eastern sprints champion boat fell in the semifinals to Witwatersrand of South Africa...
...crept surreptitiously into the remote corners of our minds, the crannies we reserve for fond memories. Few people besides Crimson coaches are doting on the prospects for the fall season. Sports Information tells me it hasn't penned a press release since the sundry Harvard crews traveled to the Henley regatta, unusual for an office that casually churns out hundreds per semester...
...HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England--South Africa has, of late, caused Harvard great problems. That pattern continued over the weekend, when a South African crew nosed out the University lightweight shell in the semifinals of the Ladies Challenge Cup event here...
...There is not much doubt that it was a good strong row," Parker said after the Grand Challenge victory. "I expected a strong challenge from New Zealand... But we are delighted to have won and delighted to have taken part in Henley with all its pageantry...
...City," perhaps the best cut on the album, with an anger that eclipses the past "Take It Easy" style of social commentary. The song works because it's a logical evolution from the old sound--not a self-conscious deviation from it. And in "King of Hollywood," Henley and Glenn Frey reiterate the old themes, but without the Hotel California gloss; this one is straightforward and un-hyped...