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...Harvard Varsity lights started behind Coast Guard, even though stroking a 40 pace. At the 200 meter mark they settled into a 35 stroke per minute pace, and were five seats up by the 500 mark. "After the 500 mark we took a power ten and went a length up on the Mass. Ave. bridge. At the three-quarter mark we took a Harvard 20 and opened it up to a three-quarter of a length lead of open water. We felt strong and knew we had them so we settled into a 35 pace for the final 500 meters...
...Radcliffe lights found both strength and will in their two races in the whitecaps on Saturday. In the varsity light race, the black and white got off to a quick start at 38 strokes per minute. About 200 meters into the windy and rainswept race, the stroke was set at 35 and they were up by six seats at the half mark...
...final countdown had begun the previous afternoon--Thursday--at the stroke of 5 p.m., when she realized her thesis was due in exactly one week. Staying on schedule was hopeless; she still had a 25-page conclusion to write, and everything else to revise. Depression set in. She wished she were in History and Lit, which meant her thesis would not only be in, it would be at least 60 pages shorter. She wished she'd picked a useful topic instead of the epitome of esoterica: The effect of Cheddi Jagan's economic policies on bauxite production in Guyana...
...also has a reputation for its smooth-looking and hard-practiced "flipcatch" stroke--a technique that requires slow stokes and a penchant for ancient history...
...stroke, however, "made them ineffective in the water," seven-man Amy Donovan said. In the end, the team that kept up the fast stroke rate muscled its way through the turbulent course more efficiently...