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Roosevelt had set sail for South America in the fall of 1913, not quite a year after his failed attempt to regain the presidency. As a third-party candidate vying for a third term, he had split the Republican vote, putting a Democrat, Woodrow Wilson, in the White House for the first time in 16 years. After the election, Roosevelt found himself a pariah, ridiculed by his enemies and hated by many of his old Republican friends and backers. Hunkered down at Sagamore Hill, his secluded home in Oyster Bay, N.Y., he fought to stave off depression and despair...
...study conducted by the World Bank. Susheil Joshi, an India-based manager for clothing retailer The Children's Place, says that bad roads and crowded ports force factories to send their products a week to 10 days ahead of when a cargo ship is set to sail. In China, half that time is needed...
...Nawalowalo, who is more interested in "how one adds to a picture," pushes traditional imagery into new realms. In a Samoan siva dance, she spotlights the hands so they appear out of the darkness like swimming squid. Later, she dramatizes the arrival of missionaries with a ship's sail, which passes before a dancer, revealing three church ladies in its wake...
Each of the last three weekends, the No. 2 Harvard sailing team has needed a top-four finish at a New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) championship event to secure a birth at nationals.This past weekend, just like the first two times, the Crimson accomplished that goal.On the heels of invitations to the national championships for the No. 8 women’s squad and Harvard’s team racers, the Crimson took fourth at the NEISA Dinghy Championship last weekend at Brown in Providence, R.I.Unlike the more comfortable performances of previous times out, Harvard struggled to maintain...
Last weekend was a busy one for Harvard sailors: some traveled to Yale to participate in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) Championship, while others stayed sharp in local regattas. At the end of the weekend, the No. 2 Crimson celebrated a third-place finish at New Englands that clinched a spot in the National Championships at the end of the month. NEISA TEAM RACING CHAMPIONSHIP Winning took a back burner in New Haven last weekend—the focus for the teams sailing in the New England Championships at Yale was finishing in the top three. And with...