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...Crimson appeared on its way to a 35th title as the two lead boats glided past the midway marker. With its base cadence measuring between 35 and 36 strokes per minute, Harvard’s first varsity had erased a small deficit incurred off the start by the 500-meter mark and appeared to have solidly positioned itself to fend off the inevitable late Midshipmen charge...
...start, they took about four seats when we were still in the high strokes—getting the boat going in the first 20 strokes,” said junior seven-seat Mike Kummer. “When we settled down in the base cadence we walked back through them...
Unable to improve significantly upon its base pace, the Crimson slipped from two seconds ahead to just over one behind at the finish, falling short of the nation’s top spot by a mere five feet. Last season’s contest was even tighter, when the Midshipmen caught Harvard from behind with 10 strokes to go, eking out a 0.46-second victory. In both cases, the Crimson, its seasons still in relatively nascent stages, cited the lack of sprint practice as the cause of the downfall...
...positioned enough allies in Iraq's ministries to wield significant power behind the scenes. He is building a political machine for Iraq's elections, which are scheduled for next year. But if democracy does come, Chalabi's connections aren't likely to help him. "He's looking for a base of support," says Mahmoud Othman, a Kurd on the Governing Council. "But at this stage, anybody who wants to be elected needs to lobby for himself...
Well, what happened in the past when bad things happened to good Presidents? Did F.D.R. apologize for Pearl Harbor--a military attack on a military base by a military force already at war? No. He placed blame entirely on the empire of Japan, then promised to reduce it to rubble. Which...