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...their talents this weekend. At the Urn Regatta, held at the Harvard Sailing Center, the women's team finished sixth and qualified for the Atlantic Coast Championships, which will take place in two weeks at the Coast Guard Academy. Meanwhile, the co-ed team cruised to victory at the Shell Trophy Regatta, held down the river at the MIT course...
...Shell Trophy Regatta, the co-ed team was equally successful. Captain Pete Strothman and upstart freshman Susan Bonney raced in the Division A double-handed events, while Junior Christian Taubman and Senior Brian Fox sailed in Division...
...terrifying that a few disgracefully greedy people who were able to invest $10 million each with Long Term Capital Management might have disrupted the world economy with their avaricious money games. Surely the "geniuses" running this shell game knew the earth-shaking risks involved, and they proceeded anyway. This is much worse than unfettered hubris. Shouldn't the well-to-do speculators be severely punished for exposing all the rest of us to such dangers? SUSAN BARRETT St. Louis...
When it comes to the ebb and flow of federal spending, some Americans--and indeed whole states--are taking a bath. Residents of wealthy states in the Northeast and Midwest (such as Connecticut, New Jersey and Illinois) shell out far more in taxes than they receive in benefits, while poorer ones (such as New Mexico and North Dakota) get more than their share in return, according to a new report from the Taubman Center for State and Local Government...
Lambert also paints some evocative scenes, capturing the Charles from a rower's perspective. While the typical student only hurries by the Charles, on her way somewhere else or maybe out for exercise, Lambert points out that rowers "in the shell occupy a liminal area between sky and water, between carp and cormorant...