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...matters who comes out to play. Columbia and [Yale] are the top two right now, and I’d throw us in that category.” Harvard—represented by juniors Greg Shuman and Danny Mayer, seniors John Christensen and captain Mike Shore, along with Grillo—finished at 619 strokes in the two-day 36-hole tournament. The weekend was intended to go 54 holes, but heavy rains on Saturday cut it down. “The weather was very difficult [Saturday], so it’s hard to have any expectation...
...Kenyan port employees who helped bring the crew to safety said the sailors were fearful of kidnappers even after they were well away from Somali waters. "When we were coming in," said Bernard Odemba, the Kenyan pilot who brought the Maersk Alabama to shore, "when they saw any boat coming around, it was as if they felt that maybe another group is coming to attack them. So I had to calm them down and say, 'No no no, that is our police boat; that is our one of the local boats, the friendly ones...
...Wednesday, Phillips had given himself up to the pirates, apparently to win freedom for the rest of his crew. The Alabama, a U.S. ship, and its 19 remaining crew members then sailed for shore and docked in Mombasa on Saturday - its sailors relieved to be safe but distraught over the fate of their captain...
Kenyan port employees who helped bring the crew to safety said the sailors were fearful of kidnappers even after they were well away from Somali waters. "When we were coming in," said Bernard Odemba, the Kenyan pilot who brought the Maersk Alabama to shore, "when they saw any boat coming around, it was as if they felt that maybe another group is coming to attack them. So I had to calm them down and say, 'No no no, that is our police boat; that is our one of the local boats, the friendly ones...
...considered to replace the U.S. dollar as the world's de facto reserve currency. While some Washington officials rejected the proposal as impractical, China's leaders have been taking steps to show just how nervous they are about a weaker dollar as the U.S. runs up massive deficits to shore up its crumbling economy and financial system. In the past two weeks, China signed multibillion-dollar currency-swap agreements with Indonesia and Argentina that effectively allow Beijing's two trading partners to bypass the dollar as a medium of exchange. The deals followed similar swaps China has hammered out over...