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Stroking at a brisk 37, Radcliffe's first eight easily outdistanced the other contenders. Radcliffe covered the course in a quick 3:36, 3.5 seconds ahead of runner-up UConn. Williams finished a disappointing third at 3:47. Rhode Island, the fourth boat in the race, finished way out of the running...
There will be a fourth boat in the race, University of Rhode Island, but short of divine intervention, there is likelihood that the Rhode Island squad not will be close enough to the finish even to see who wins, let alone to influence the outcome...
...Crimson golf team, basking in the accolades that come with five consecutive victories, a Greater Boston tournament win, and a very successful season, has the chance to take its sixth in a row today in a match with Brown at the Country Club of Rhode Island...
...Friis Trophy was taken by MIT, further establishing the Engineers as the premier team in New England. Tufts, sailing two freshmen, took second. New York Maritime and Stevens Institute followed at third and fourth respectively, with the University of Rhode Island taking fifth...
Some are harder hit than others. New England will suffer the most. In Rhode Island, where the U.S. Navy is the biggest employer, more than 21,000 people will be thrown out of work with the closing of the Newport naval base because of lack of facilities to handle today's huge aircraft carriers. In Massachusetts, 6,700 people will lose their jobs when the venerable Boston naval shipyard is closed because of inadequate docking facilities. Equally hard hit by the cuts is Hunters Point shipyard in San Francisco. Of the 5,184 civilians slated to lose their jobs...