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...dock must go through Princeton, which finished second to Harvard at last year’s Eastern Sprints. In an April dual race against the Tigers, the Crimson enjoyed its finest race of the season, overcoming an early six-seat deficit to come away with an emphatic, two-boat-length victory. Harvard, then No. 4, shot to No. 1 in the national polls and hasn’t let up since...
...racing six across, even with a crew that you’re faster than two weeks ago,” Kosmicki said, “when they’re being pushed by someone else they’re going to be closer. If we’re a length up on somebody, but they’re bow ball to bow ball with number three, they’re still going to be going crazy...
...both varsity races, Harvard is near the top of every hypothesized list of finishers. The Crimson has overcome considerable deficits against quality dual-competition throughout the season, relying upon a powerful middle 1,000 meters to erase any deficit off of the start. The second varsity overcame near boat-length deficits against Navy and Princeton. The first varsity powered through Yale after yielding four seats in the race’s first 1,000 meters...
...both varsity races, Harvard is near the top of every hypothesized list of finishers. The Crimson has overcome considerable deficits against quality dual-competition throughout the season, relying upon a powerful middle 1,000 meters to erase any deficit off of the start. The second varsity overcame near boat-length deficits against Navy and Princeton. The first varsity powered through Yale after yielding four seats in the race’s first 1,000 meters...
Despite these differences, Morrow goes to great length to find similarities among the three main characters. Both Kennedy and Nixon had siblings who died young, for example. JFK and Johnson both had voracious sexual appetites—as Morrow reminds us time and time again. Kennedy said he could not sleep without having had sex. While his wife Jacqueline was delivering their first child stillborn, JFK and a fellow senator were entertaining women on a yacht in the Mediterranean. Johnson too had many affairs, but he stands out more for his trademark crudeness. “[H]e liked...