Boxing and other sports Tyson won his licence back, High Rise won the Derby and Earth Summit the National, the Light Blues took the Boat Race and the Tour de France became the Tour de Farce.

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The breadfruit was Mau's favourite tree anyway: tall and light, with a twisty grain excellent for boat-building, sticky latex for caulking, and big starchy fruit which, fermented, made the ideal food for an ocean voyage.

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He started late, and lost his nerve as the boat's structural problems came to light.

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The answer seems to be yes, if you get it relatively fresh off the boat, well-stored and not light-struck (the cans should help with that).

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The most physical demonstration of this rivalry is, famously, the annual University Boat Race: one spring Saturday each year the Light Blues (Cambridge) and Dark Blues (Oxford) each send their finest eight oarsmen to row the 4 miles and 374 yards along the Thames between Putney and Mortlake in west London.

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After only a few minutes, the lights of the Lamanai Outpost faded into velvety darkness and the only light was a brilliant shaft from the halogen lamp at the front of the boat.

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While the boat allows you to sleep in total comfort, the river cruise is far from adventure light.

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It's another boat, traveling rapidly in the opposite direction, hugging the Brooklyn shore, with only the green starboard light visible.

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