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This is an oil-exploration barge, a triangular island almost an acre in size that is towed "on location" atop three sturdy stilts that float on huge pontoons. The pontoons are then filled with water and submerged 146 ft., giving the barge the stability of an iceberg. The barge is securely steadied by electronically controlled ballast and nine anchors while its drill probes into the sea bottom 340 ft. below. Already the drill is bringing up samples from 2,000 ft. below the shelf. The samples are carefully analyzed for hints of oil, but the drill may have to bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: Probing the Last Frontier | 3/11/1974 | See Source »

Some usually unheralded performers stole the show from the headliners as Harvard outdistanced Princeton and Yale in a triangular meet at the Tiger's Jadwin Gym, Saturday...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Harvard Thinclads Topple Ivy Rivals | 2/20/1974 | See Source »

...Harvard Wrestling Team defeated Coast Guard, 31-12, and MIT, 31-6, Saturday in a triangular meet at the MIT Armory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrestlers Soundly Defeat MIT and Coast Guard | 1/21/1974 | See Source »

However, the victory was not the sole result of Northeastern's efforts. In what turned out to be almost a triangular meet, Harvard had to fight both the Huskies and the referees...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Huskies Referees Overrun Harvard's Thinclads | 1/18/1974 | See Source »

...mounting list of injuries will force the Crimson to go with two different lineups for the triangular contest. Weak knees will force Mitchell Silver man at 126 1bs. and Bill Haley at 134 1bs. to wrestle only against Hofstra for Harvard...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Matmen Meet UMass, Hofstra Today | 12/15/1973 | See Source »

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