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...Grande's basic trouble is a prolonged, three-year drought along its vast watershed, on the east side of the Rockies. Lower valley residents,unable to do much about the weather, angrily blamed upstream dams and irrigation pumpers. Downstream pumping for irrigation has been rationed for 15 months; the crops, livelihood of 670,000 Texans and Mexicans, are fast withering away. This week upstream farmers agreed to cut down on pumping, and a thin trickle of water appeared at Laredo. But it didn't change things much. "The valley," says Brownsville Judge Oscar Dancy, "has its back...
...fast 19:42 to the Blue's 19:54. But this was the great Harvard crew, and few gave Yale much hope. Yale led all the way, holding off all Crimson spurts, including the final desperate one. When it was all over, both shells had broken the old upstream record. It was the first Yale victory since 1935 and it started a series of upsets that is still going...
...this, the 75th anniversary race at New London, the crews will again row the upstream course over which the Elis upset the favored Crimson varsity last June. Again the Elis have had an unsuccessful season, winning only one race, so again the Crimson will be favored...
...frames of his bifocals, Thameside was black with people. Suddenly he sent the little silver Auster hurtling out of the sun, straight for Blackfriars Bridge. Girls screamed, bowler hats ducked, but, with inches to spare, the Mad Major leveled out, missed Blackfriars, and with wheels brushing the water, skimmed upstream towards Waterloo Bridge. Between the water's surface and Waterloo's arches at low tide there is a bare 50 ft. of clearance, but the Mad Major never faltered. Like a darting kingfisher, his Auster shot under Waterloo's central arch. The Mad Major rounded the bend...
...year domination of the Charles by the Lampoon was ended later Friday afternoon as the Crimson eight, stroked by Alan N. Riselbach'53, whipped out a five-length victory over the Poonie crew. Rowing an upstream course from the River St. to the Weeks bridges, the Crimson got off to a quick start and was never headed. At one point, the Poon's stern four raised the strake to a heady 24, but its bow four resolutely stuck to a 14. Much comment was elicited by the Poon's use of the unique "centipede" style of rowing...