Word: yachting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...CENTURY ago this week, the French yacht Aigle, with the Empress Eugenie aboard, led a convoy of 46 vessels south from Port Said to meet Egyptian warships at Ismailia. Fireworks rocketed above the waterway, while 6,000 guests, including the Emperor of Austria and the Crown Prince of Prussia, celebrated the opening of Suez at a huge ball. Said Builder Ferdinand de Lesseps to the Khedive Ismail of Egypt: "Moses ordered the waters of the Red Sea to retire, and they obeyed him. Today, at your command, they return to their former...
...Harvard Yacht Club has once again sailed into rough waters while attempting to find itself a new home...
...which controls most of Metropolitan Boston's riverside parks-took the action after Somerville officials had attacked the proposed lease of the land to the yacht club. Arguing that this city could not afford the loss of the recreation land, Rep. Vincent Pire (D-Som.) said, "Harvard should stay on the banks of the Charles and leave the Mystic River alone...
Right now, the small boats which the 100-odd yacht club members sail are moored at a temporary dock adjacent to the M. I. T. boathouse. The club does not yet know if M. I. T. will let it continue to use the facility for next spring's sailing season...
...times during the past decade, the University has helped the Friends of Harvard Sailing, the yacht club's alumni supporters, in their efforts to find a permanent site for the club. But after negotiations for several proposed sites on the Charles fell through, Harvard officials told the alumni to find a site on their...