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However, the Tigers would have their revenge two weeks later, when Princeton garnered the Eastern title while Harvard fell to fourth. The Crimson cited the uneven effect of a windstorm that created a headwind over only half the lanes...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's Lightweights Capture National Title | 6/5/2003 | See Source »

That Harvard had not medaled at Sprints had been particularly bitter given the unequal racing conditions imposed on half of the lanes due to a windstorm, and the desire to rectify the Eastern results fueled the Crimson during the ensuing weeks of practice...

Author: By Jessica T. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Lightweights Avenge Easterns with National Title | 6/2/2003 | See Source »

...aware of how things must look to a bunch of outsiders and know that much of what is great and sweet and honorable in these places never makes headlines. The Cairo deputy fire chief will tell you how many people appear in an instant, out of nowhere, when a windstorm sweeps through town and smashes a block of homes. Anyplace you have good friends is a place worth staying. Here and elsewhere, there are big groups of people--ministers and teachers and store owners and bureaucrats--who are prepared to give all their time and muscle to putting things right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Along The Mississippi | 7/10/2000 | See Source »

...panels of reveling pundits discussing whether they're having fun yet. Or how about tuning in to some Extreme Reveling? Jon Krakauer Presents: America's Most Dangerous Galas. Experience, from the safety of your own La-Z-Boy, just how dangerous an unfurled noisemaker can be in a violent windstorm at 75[degrees] below zero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Believe the Hype | 11/1/1999 | See Source »

...accident occurred March 5 when the clapper snapped off from its counter-weight and pierced a cornice of the steeple during a windstorm...

Author: By Timothy L. Warren, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Workers Restore Bell to Memorial Church Following Loss of Clapper | 5/4/1999 | See Source »

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