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...order to remove themselves from the social catastrophe that had been created by the rise of open admissions and financial aid, the well-to-do students looked to their parents' yacht clubs for a solution. Enter the Harvard final clubs...
...about pope to the section leader in order to make sure that he remembers my name. A good grade in a bullshit course like this might look good on my resume, and might possibly convince potential employers that I have what it takes to own a mansion and a yacht...
America retrieved its old Cup last week in four one-sided yacht races that showed U.S. sailors and Australian sportsmen at their best. The man who unthinkably lost the trophy three summers ago, San Diego's Dennis Conner, won it back with guile at the beginning and grace at the end, not to mention the fastest sailboat on the Indian Ocean. "I didn't see a foot put wrong in any one of the races by any one of their team," losing Skipper Iain Murray said admiringly. "We made a few mistakes and were a little bit off the pace...
...happy life," Conner said. "She seems to be enjoying it." Still, the site of the next regatta, in 1990, is undetermined. Political winds figure to blow for San Diego, whose yacht club is entitled to designate the next pond. Hawaii's dramatic seas, for example, may be considered splashier for TV. Under the Deed of Gift, only a foreign power can dislodge the Cup from wherever the S.D.Y.C. decides to display it. Just as Southerner Ted Turner once defended for New York City, any U.S. suitors must now pledge fealty to San Diego. This may affect the enthusiasm...
...poverty level growing up in San Diego has been exaggerated -- Conner's father was a Convair engineer who dabbled in commercial fishing -- but by yachting standards Dennis qualified as a foundling. Filthy terms like "boat nigger" seem to come easily to these folks' gooey white lips, and Conner uses that phrase to describe his beginnings. The way "some kids hang around pool halls," Conner says he hung around the marinas begging rides. At 44 he still likes to refer to sailing as a "good way to hang out." A junior membership was finally extended by the San Diego Yacht Club...