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A gritty second half performance allowed the Harvard men’s basketball team to pull away from Army for a 66-54 win Saturday at Lavietes Pavilion. Junior guard Jeremy Lin led the Crimson (3-1) with 24 points and freshman forward Keith Wright had his first collegiate double...
As the three simultaneous hostage dramas began to unfold, onlookers gathered. "It's like watching 24 in slow motion," said Vineet Pandit, 22, who lives near the Oberoi. What they would see at each of these sites was a parade of hundreds of uniformed troops over the course of several...
Floats were pulled by horses until 1939, when NBC broadcast the parade for the first time. The parade was suspended between 1942-1944 when the balloons were recycled into 650 lbs. of rubber and donated to the war effort. New Yorkers were so overjoyed by the return of the parade...
Winter weather can be unpredictable, and the Macy's parade has had its share of mishaps. Crosswinds hit balloons when they pass through intersections - Times Square is especially tricky - and can blow them off course. In 1928, a giant dog balloon escaped from its handlers, blew against a street sign...
The 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade should be much more subdued - although it is scheduled to rain - and the new regulations implemented by city officials in 1998 have minimized the possibility of a balloon rampage. Accidents are still possible, of course. Remember that crazed airborne M&M that tore...