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Harvard-NU Regatta...
...regatta serves as the season opener for Harvard, which will face 11 of the nation's top teams, including Yale, Navy, Stanford, Washington and the University of California at Berkeley...
Harvard's boats practiced together for the second time yesterday. "We don't expect to blow everybody away," senior Captain Bill Fitzgerald said, adding "It's a fun regatta...
...though the regatta draws thousands to the banks of the Thames River near New London, Conn., it traditionally marks neither the end nor the high point of the schools' seasons. Winning the Eastern Sprint Championship is at least as important as capturing the Harvard-Yale race, and one or both of the teams usually travels to England's Henley Regatta or some other race to close out the season...
...majority of the college students, alumni, and parents lining the banks and bridges of the Charles River, the race was an excuse to get out and have a good time. As a tee-shirt sported by one spectator said, "Ya Gotta Regatta...