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...Saturday's victory did not come easily. The Midshipmen, who had been ranked first in the East before the race, held a lead through 1500 meters despite a very high, early Crimson stroke count...
...They didn't beat us because they were stronger, we just messed up at the start," explained Rosemary Pugh, the stroke of the varsity eight...
...hour when people were waking up and when daylight offered visibility. Also, the blaze burned from the roofs downward, affording precious extra seconds for people to escape. Perhaps most important was the selfless heroism of residents who pounded on the doors of sleeping neighbors before fleeing. One additional stroke of luck: the winds subsided at midmorning, giving fire fighters a chance to contain the advancing flames...
...most credible line of speculation is that Brezhnev was suffering either from exhaustion or from a slight stroke when he returned from Tashkent, and is now recuperating. Nikolai Blokhin, president of the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences, told colleagues at a conference of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War held in Cambridge, England, that he had spoken to Brezhnev only days before and had invited him to meet with the organization's leaders later this year. Insisted Blokhin: "President Brezhnev is taking his routine winter vacation...
...They rowed to the starting line in a heavy, wooden Pocock shell better suited for the perpetually rough Severn River in Annapolis. But the Charles early Saturday morning was glass-smooth, and the Crimson oarsmen grabbed an early five-seat lead at the start, rowing at a sharp 42-stroke cadence...