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Racing against Brown in Providence, Radcliffe faced strong headwinds and rough conditions all throughout their races Saturday morning and afternoon. The women's heavyweight teams were able to finish their matches against the Bears, but the bad weather forced the lightweight squad to cancel all their matches...
...Crimson continues to allow teams to come back in the second half against them, however, it may be a rough next couple of games...
Unfortunately, scientists understand very little about the dynamics of initiation points--how smooth or rough the faults are, what kind of rock is found there, what goes on just before and after a quake. Laboratory experiments can reproduce the pressures to simulate the environment at the initiation point, but without knowing the effects of pressure building up over the centuries, any attempt to release it could backfire. Says Mary Lou Zoback, chief scientist of the hazards team: "If we generated a 1906 earthquake, that would be the end of the USCG." And maybe Los Angeles...
...Crimson men, under the tutelage of Coach Bob Leonard, bounced back from a shaky start in the fall, improving their team and individual play throughout the season. The team, led by junior co-captains Matt Dost and Kaj Vazales, had a rough outing at the opening Yale Invitational, finishing 26th in the 36-team pool. Just two weeks later, the men rebounded with a strong showing at the Toski Invitational, taking sixth place and gaining some much-needed confidence going into the annual ECAC Championships...
...thing by not making a fuss - it's possible the higher-ups in charge of issuing appointments never heard about the alleged transgression. Of course, even if their alibi is airtight, there is a general recognition that the Army, as well as Kennedy and Smith, are looking at a rough ride as these accusations play out in the national press. "Now that Kennedy's charges have gone public, it's going to be tough to handle it quietly," says TIME Washington correspondent Mark Thompson. Ironically, says Thompson, military insiders sense that no one wanted this case to be handled privately...