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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There were no cheering spectators lining the Charles River yesterday as powerful winds and heavy rain forced the Head of the Charles Regatta Committee to call off the event for the first time in 32 years...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: Head of Charles Cancelled Due To Heavy Rain | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

Katszushiko Nakamizo, a rower with NTT Tokyo who was going to participate in the event, was among a number of visitors who, having been washed away from the river, explored Harvard Square...

Author: By Elizabeth S. Zuckerman, | Title: Head of Charles Cancelled Due To Heavy Rain | 10/21/1996 | See Source »

Sounds like fun (especially when the boat capsizes and you find yourself swimming drunk in a river of sludge reminiscent of Ghostbusters II), but not something that I would call a sport...

Author: By Brian T. Garibaldi, | Title: Fall Classic | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

Those Simpsons fans among us are undoubtedly familiar with "Blinky," the three-eyed fish that frolics in the river near the Springfield nuclear power plant. But how many are aware of the six-legged frogs that are turning up all over Minnesota...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: SEWAGE MAY SPAWN TRICLOPS | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

Which brings us to our beloved Charles River. For the past few months, the levels of fecal coliform bacteria in the river have been several hundreds of times the levels declared safe for boating by the EPA. There have been several incidents where boaters have reported getting sick...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: SEWAGE MAY SPAWN TRICLOPS | 10/19/1996 | See Source »

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