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...looked more like an aquatic demolition derby than a race on the Charles Saturday, as the crews of 17 makeshift boats tried to sink the competition during the 1978 Adams House raft race...
...three boats sank before the race began, and most others toppled over before making it to the finish line. First prize--a case of Miller beer--went to two Currier House alumni, Frank M. Kulash '76 and David F. Wilson '75, whose raft crossed the finish line last...
Another Currier House raft, which crew members said had been built in an hour and a half before the race, fell apart 30 seconds after it was placed in the water...
Representatives from Kirkland, Lowell, North and Winthrop Houses, piling onto the most crowded raft, defended themselves against the onslaught with shields made from painted garbage can lids...
...national television to rebut official charges that he had been a CIA agent. Speaking from his detention center in Fort Bonifacio, Aquino first coolly refuted the CIA charge. Then, with millions of Manilans still glued to their TV sets, he launched into a crisp, rapid-fire denial of a raft of other government charges against him. That dramatic appearance provided a crucial boost to Marcos' opposition, whose crowds have multiplied rapidly...