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...extraordinarily graceful writer. He may be the world's greatest crafter of smooth transitions, and he has the good sense never to resist an irresistible digression. His footnotes feature, among other gems, cameos by the world's largest flower (the yard-wide Rafflesia arnoldii) and the world's longest book (the Javanese Book of Kings, 6 million words long). Above all, Winchester is delightfully alert to history's ironies and synchronicities. The destruction of Krakatoa occurred just as the global net of telegraph cables--the Victorian version of the Internet--was being completed, and the disaster became the world...
...didn't notice the bridge until we were almost upon it. We came out of a cumulus of red dust to find ourselves whizzing between massive stone balustrades over a yawning gorge. At 85 meters, Spean Praptos is the longest surviving bridge from the Angkor era. "That bridge has been standing more than 800 years," said Mony, who works for the government's conservation authority, Apsara. "My ancestors built roads and bridges that were just as impressive in their way as any of the temples...
...historians, there's a weird irony in Cambodia's decrepit infrastructure. In the 12th century, King Jayavarman VII built highways that had few equals on earth. They can be seen from satellite photographs (although from the ground, few traces are apparent), with the longest running some 220 kilometers northwest to Phimai, in modern-day Thailand...
Wahlberg contributed his longest outing on the hill in over a year for the Crimson, turning in 5.2 innings of work to close out the 14-10 win. Wahlberg had been a starter for the Crimson as late as the beginning of last year but gradually settled into the closer’s role during Harvard’s Ivy championship...
...when a group of Yale rowers challenged their Crimson counterparts to a two-mile race on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. Harvard won the contest, which became an annual event held on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. The varsity race now covers four miles—the longest crew race in the country...