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...would probably knock it down and put another up,” says board member Stephen Schiff. “We’ve outlived the usefulness of the facility itself. It’s going on to 50 years...
...than in the traditional racing fashion of beating a crew across the finish line,” Golden said before the trip. Apparently she was serious.After fighting for the first spot for the first 250 meters, a strong crosswind kicked up that combined with a nasty tail-current to knock Schwingg out of its lane and into the crew to its right.Forced to stop and restart, the pair came in fourth, and missed out on a trip to the finals.Despite the setback, Traps and Artiste made another trip, into the hearts of the competitors and spectators at the regatta...
...League. With No. 20 Yale currently sitting on a perfect 3-0-0 Ivy record, Harvard no longer controls its own destiny in the race for the Ivy League title.“A tie’s obviously better than a loss, [but] it does kind of knock us down in the Ivy rankings just because it’s so close this year,” Shields said. “This was a game that we were in and we feel we could have won.”“We realize [that] anything can happen...
Levi attempts authenticity by hanging with Carl, a spoken-word genius straight from the city’s depths, and a gang of angry Haitians who sell knock-off Prada and CD’s, three for $10. Returning to Wellington, he sees the school: “The pristine white spires of the college seemed to him like the watchtowers of a prison to which he was returning.” Levi tries to escape, but Smith fails to specify where, and if, he finds a better home...
...sponsors could see the knock-on effect too. Consider Fujifilm, the Japanese photo firm. Fuji hands out U.S.-made disposable cameras at every tour stop. Each camera can turn into two Wal-Mart visits--one to drop off the exposed film, the other to pick up the prints. Since Fuji runs the printmaking operation at Wal-Mart, it can give away the camera and still profit. Fuji's business in Wal-Mart rose 30% last year, and sales of most FLW-sponsored products have outstripped Wal-Mart's overall sales increases. Fishing fans, according to FLW's independent research...