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Stone, explaining the appeal of rowing said, "it's like golf or tennis...but after one perfect stroke you get to do it again and again. It's very sensual...
...Carrie Graves is the newest face along the Charles, and she faces a big test as the rookie coach of the Radcliffe heavies. But Graves's background in rowing gives her a stable foundation from which to work. She spent three years at the University of Wisconsin as the stroke and captain of the women's team, a team that has kept Radcliffe company in the national top five rankings for the past few years...
...Tigers netted a team aggregate of 300 strokes while Temple and the University of West Virginia were tied for second, one stroke back. Dartmouth went around in 306 as a team while the Crimson was in the midst of a throng of contenders...
...attention. One also hears the voices of parents who despair that their children will ever receive a proper public education. "These quality programs exist in reality in only a few places, while hundreds of thousands of children are totally neglected," reports Narrator Patricia Neal, herself once paralyzed by a stroke. The program ends with a plea to see that the act is properly implemented ("Talk to your P.T.A., principals, to the school board"). After the film, 109 of the stations are to broadcast follow-ups in which special education teachers, legislators and parents of the handicapped will be available...
...highlights of the tournament will be the duel between Vik and Yale's Peter Tervainen, the two kingpins of Ivy League golf. When the two squared off in the Ivy League Championship last year, Tervainen edged out Vik by a single stroke to fend off the Crimson captain's bid for a third straight Ivy golf title...