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...also showed that EARC-No. 3 Harvard (5-0) has serious speed in the final 500 meters. The Crimson, catering to a strong tailwind on Saturday morning, took up the rating at the 1500-meter mark and plowed through Northeastern, erasing the Huskies’ two-seat advantage and stealing a few seats of its own, as Harvard won its third straight dual race this weekend...
...Demers said of her teammates’ last home race. “You don’t really think about it, because you have Sprints and hopefully we’ll get a bid to NCAAs since we’ve been improving on speed all season. But the seniors will never race on the Charles again, which is very sad. Afterwards, the freshmen put together a nice little presentation—they got flowers and did a speech about each one.”“But having our boats sweep two weeks before Sprints [was fantastic...
...from the front,” varsity stroke George Kitovitz said. “It’s good that this year’s boat has so much confidence, probably more so than last year. Even if we do get down, we trust in our own rowing and speed...
...Huskies in the first 30 strokes, and a particularly strong Northeastern varsity built the lead to three-quarters of a length by the 500-meter mark. After the settle, Harvard relied—as it has all season—on a powerful, methodical base speed to creep up on the Huskies...
...gunboat diplomacy to today's scan-and-go turnstiles, Hong Kong has always offered foreigners the most convenient passage to the Chinese mainland. Since Hong Kong's return to China from Britain in 1997, entry to the mainland has become even easier and faster-visas are processed with great speed and little hassle, making entry points into Shenzhen, the booming megalopolis adjacent to Hong Kong, among the busiest in the world. But all this has been upset in recent weeks: the Chinese government has mysteriously stopped issuing multiple-entry visas-an essential tool for Hong Kong?s doing business with...