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...Committee Chair Randall S. Sarafa ’09. The team also raises money by selling T-shirts and Frisbees. Still, Roebuck said, a sizable gap remains between the money the team generates and the money necessary to travel to tournaments. That gap is closed by the players, who wind up paying for most of their travel expenses out of their own pockets. “I think [the lack of funding] drives some people away from the sport,” said George W, Stubbs ’11, a member of the team. “We have...

Author: By Kate Leist, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Frisbee Excels In Spite of Low Funds | 10/30/2007 | See Source »

...some typical conditions for the Charles River,” women’s captain Megan Watson said. “The wind was shifty and difficult to sail in, the direction was coming through the buildings from the shore, swirling and doing unpredictable things...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Picks Up Three Top-Five Finishes | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...crew did a particularly great job, the wind was shifting between not a lot to moments of very heavy wind,” Watson said. “A lot of performance is dependent on the crew’s skill...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Picks Up Three Top-Five Finishes | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...Nickerson Trophy, the New England championship for freshmen, saw 15 teams in 20 races over two divisions. Harvard locked down fourth place with a point total of 87, behind host Boston College. The finish came after a wind delay that brought the tide into play on Saturday...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sailing Picks Up Three Top-Five Finishes | 10/29/2007 | See Source »

...punishing gusts of the Santa Anas herald cursed weather, days and nights of devilish heat. Should a fire spark in the dry woodlands surrounding the region's cities and suburbs, the winds become a flamethrower, spreading glowing embers half a mile (800 m) or more. The Santa Anas have been midwife to the most destructive wildfires in California's history, from the Great Fire of 1889 to the 2003 disaster that blackened nearly 700,000 acres (280,000 hectares) of forest. Lifelong residents of the state know the Santa Anas and dread them. As Joan Didion has written, "The wind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From TIME's Archive: The Great California Fires | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

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