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...that the Crimson must have a height requirement for its receiving corps. Top target Matt Luft is 6’6, sophomore Chris Lorditch (left) is 6’4, and classmate Levi Richards is 6’2, all at least as tall as Yale’s tallest defensive back, Paul Rice. Harvard’s offense will need to use their height and speed to create a passing attack that equals last year’s success...
...Esherick studied Chinese studies—Esherick said he “always thought we were put together as freshmen by height.” The three residents of Weld 17 were all over 6’4”, with Crichton standing the tallest.The kid known as tallest in class would graduate from Harvard Medical School and become known for writing best-selling science fiction novels on topics ranging from dinosaurs recreated from DNA to extraterrestrial spherical artifacts, eventually emerging as a strident popular critic of the science behind global warming. Crichton died unexpectedly after a private battle against...
...already moved out of these costly quarters to way beyond the city's municipal boundaries, where they still can afford the rent. My friend's company will soon follow. The Vneshtorgbank (VTB), a major state-run bank, has just canceled its long-planned relocation to the Federation Tower, the tallest of the Moscow City towers. Soon they will stand empty, symbols of failure...
...Russian man named Vladimir Ossovski performed a similar stunt a year later when he jumped from a bridge in Rouen, France into the river Seine. In 1975, a member of the CN Tower's construction crew parachuted off the building - at 1,815 feet (553 m), the world's tallest free-standing structure - and was promptly fired. That same year, a man from Queens parachuted off the top of the World Trade Center and was arrested by security guards once he landed...
Norway has become a popular vacation destination for thrill seekers because it still permits BASE jumpers on many of its fjords. But it, too, is a dangerous place: in 1984, Boenish died from a failed jump off Trollveggen, the tallest vertical rock face in Europe. He had just set the record for tallest BASE jump a few days before - Trollveggen is 3,600 feet (1,100 m) tall - when his parachute failed to open. After 11 accidents and another three deaths, BASE jumping was banned at the site...