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...Boston Ritz-Carlton dinner table with his friends of 50 years, George B. “Barry” Bingham Jr. ’56 proposed the impossible: a Charles River row in a lightweight eight-oar shell to take place this week.Two years earlier he had suffered a heart attack and received a pacemaker, and in the seventies he had battled Hodgkin’s Disease. At the January dinner, friends were “relieved” at the state of his health. One month after that dinner, he contracted pneumonia, and he died on April...
...responding to the new demand with flair. They're using innovation and color to turn formerly utilitarian pieces into style statements. Tumi's new Ducati line features eight different travel bags with racy black-and-red styling. Samsonite Black Label hired trendy industrial designer Marc Newson to create a lightweight, colorful line of luggage called Scope. He used EVA foam--once found only in sneakers--to create one of the lightest uprights on the market...
...Princeton on a turbulent day at Lake Quinsigamond. A dramatic come-from-behind win for Harvard’s No. 1 second varsity, coupled with a third-place finish for the Crimson freshman eight, helped seal Harvard’s 27th Rowe Cup.Thunderstorms and rainfall suspended the lightweight and heavyweight varsity races for over an hour, and fans took cover in the course boathouse as violent storms rolled in during the early afternoon. “We were just getting ready to start and a huge storm began, so the raced got delayed and we had to hide in this...
...much for drama, tight finishes, and a wire-to-wire lightweight final.And so much for a Harvard appearance on the winner’s dock.The Cornell varsity eights turned a historically close race into a one-sided affair, blitzing the field in both the first and second varsity lightweight final races to claim the Big Red’s first one-two Sprints sweep since 1964.Harvard was left out of the mix with two fourth place finishes in the varsity races. The Crimson trailed early and rallied late, only to be kept out of the medals by less than...
...last time. I’d imagine you’d order a lot, err on the side of gluttony, then pile more on to your plate with gusto.A few weeks ago, I decided to find out. Every week during the dual racing season, each of the Harvard varsity lightweights must weigh in under 160 pounds, and all of them have pre-determined weight marks to hit each week.For four weeks in April, the lightweights have a last meal every week. After Thursday night, most lightweights forego eating until after weigh-in on Friday. I only made...