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...calm conditions were a pleasant surprise. “The conditions were really good we were expecting lots of wind and heavy waves,” Morris said, “The current was pulling us down the race course.” As the races progressed, a slight headwind turned to become a slight tailwind, which combined with tidal currents that strengthened over the morning helped to push and pull the boats through the course. Light rain over flat water kept conditions cool. “Each race was faster than the last. The river added...
...fast, heavily armored and bristling with grenade and missile launchers. That was when the Administration was anxious to secure funding for America's new M1 tank. A recent photograph released by the Pentagon in its latest assessment of Soviet strength shows that the T-80 is actually only a slight modification of its predecessor, the T72, with similar shape, armor and capability...
...quickly went up 2-0 in the first few minutes of play. But the Crimson answered with goals from Martin and senior Caroline Simmons. For the first fifteen minutes of the opening stanza Harvard and UConn kept pace with each other, but it was the Huskies who had the slight 5-3 advantage at the end of the quarter.In the second 15 minutes of the half the Crimson rolled ahead thanks to five unanswered goal. Captain Natalie Curtis and Simmons each tallied a score during the run—both off of free position shots. Martin added three...
...slight, assertive woman who wore a winter hat in place of her usual hijab, Dr. Mohammed said she found her way to the Radcliffe Institute with the help of friends at American universities. One was University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Susan Stanford Friedman...
Meanwhile, Japanese consumers are faced with a mixed bag. The slight appreciation of the currency helps in capping the rising cost of food and fuel, which have both become concerns due to price inflation. But because dollar-based profits from overseas will drop, corporations could cut back on capital investment and employment, which will have a spillover effect on households. "The negatives outweigh the positives," says Masafumi Yamamoto, head of foreign exchange strategy for Japan at Royal Bank of Scotland...