Word: lanes
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...Harvard varsity took the inside lane, with Cornell, Yale, and Navy lining up to the right of the Crimson. Yale jumped out of the start with a three-seat advantage over Harvard, Big Red, and the Midshipmen, although all six boats maintained contact with one another in the race’s first 1,000 meters. The Bulldogs widened their margin to a near boat length by 800 meters down. Harvard and Cornell exchanged seats in the attempt to catch Yale, creeping up on the Bulldogs as the boats reached the midway mark...
Moments later, a huge blast ripped into the powder blue 1981 Toyota Corona, hurling it across the three-lane road. An improvised explosive device, intended for the patrols, had gone off just 10 feet from the car. The two men were slammed against the windshield, shattering it, and were showered by a hail of shrapnel. Salah's left arm and hand were torn to shreds below the elbow, and blood spurted from two gaping wounds in his left thigh. Both men were lacerated by shrapnel and burned. A shard of glass cut a deep gash in Abu Karam's neck...
...more interested in ideas and creativity than administrative duties,” David Mac Lane said...
...Lane was president of the Mathematics Association of America from 1951 to 1953. He also served as vice president of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society...
...Lane is survived by his brother, David, his second wife, Osa, two daughters, and a grandson...