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Despite its gaudy record over the last couple of years, Brown appeared unprepared for the conditions that Harvard captain Elijah White termed "biblical." Headwinds were strong enough to knock a full minute off the two boat's expected times. Waves crashed over the big boat every third or fourth stroke. Conditions were so bad that B.U. and Northeastern decided to postpone their race until Tuesday...
...terrorists, voters have decided that comedians are best suited to run the government -- or at least two major cities. In elections Sunday, Tokyo voters elected as their governor Yukio Aoshima, who donned a kimono and wig to portray "Nasty Grandma" in a popular 1960s TV show. In Osaka, comic "Knock" Yokoyama won the honor. Though both are longtime members of Paliament's upper house, they were able to capitalize on voter anger with politics-as-usual to beat major party candidates...
...Maine momentum proved to be short-lived as the Black Bears, who had played over 100 minutes of hockey just two day ago, ran out of gas. Several Grier body checks seemed to knock the wind out of Maine's sails, and the Terrier offense opened the floodgates for three third-period goals sealing the championship...
...Crimson--coming off an encouraging performance at the Corpus Christi Tournament March 3-5--was hoping to knock off some of its highly ranked opponents out west...
...brush their teeth, according to a new national survey. The American Health Foundation, a private New York-based research organization, and Scholastic Inc., a publisher, released results of a questionnaire distributed to 3,112 primary school children at a conference sponsored by the American Cancer Society. "These statistics knock you out of your chair," commented Dr. Edward J. Sondik, acting director of the National Cancer Institute.TIME medical writer Christine Gormansays health professionals have long worried about children's health habits, especially because of the implications for later life: "Eating fruits and vegetables is one of the things people...