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Rain fell throughout the morning, and the crews that went out experienced rough going and had a hard pull of it. The Yale first crew, in a time trial row over the four-mile course this morning was forced to stop at the two-mile mark because of rough water. None of the men were overfatigued at that point. The Junior University crew and the combination crews had long rows at a low stroke...
...time row was held for the Crimson Freshmen, and the time, remarkably fast, especially under rather unfavorable conditions, was not given out. The trial was rowed over the upper two miles of the tour-mile course. The wind was blowing upstream and the tide was running...
This morning the Junior University crew paddled over the two-mile course, holding the stroke at 20. In the afternoon, it rowed to the railroad bridge and over the four mile course. This was a hard row against the tide, with the stroke beginning at 24. At the finish mark, however, the stroke was 39, and the time proved...
...Ambani boys appear to have absorbed their father's deft political touch too. Reliance triggered a row last year over its ability to enter the cell-phone market via a side door, without having to pay the high fees required of government-sanctioned operators. Despite the controversy, Reliance paid a $116 million penalty--which its critics said was a bargain--and continued to grab market share. Mukesh says he's determined to keep Reliance growing. His father demonstrated that Indian companies can be modern, vital and competitive. The sons have picked up the torch. "People will remember you after...
Like Madagascar's rain forests, the country's National Forest Seed Bank (SNGF) in Antananarivo looks to be losing the battle against human encroachment. Engulfed by the capital's urban sprawl, the SNGF's small, scruffy patch of land has row upon row of seedlings, some of them species facing extinction in the wild. They seem too delicate to make it through the furious tropical storms common in the island's November-to-April rainy season. But SNGF director Guy Rakotondranony insists they will survive - they have to. The seedlings are "our hope for the future," he says, "our ecological...