Word: astern
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hoping to breeze past the Crusaders with relative ease. But the Crimson's hopes for a quick double win were crushed when a pair of 79's by Holy Cross stand-outs Pete Mondani and Tom Bagley gave the Crusaders a 405 team total, leaving the linksters one shot astern with 406. The Williams contingent, paced by Chip Audin's 79, rolled into the 19th hole in sole possession of last place...
...Radcliffe novice eight finished seven seconds astern of a strong Rutgers crew. "With a little more time we'll be able to put together a better race," Raymond said...
...Radcliffe J.V. heavies, meanwhile, topped the varsity lightweights by five and a half seconds in an interboathouse rivalry, while the Connecticut College J.V. heavies finished nine seconds astern of the lights. Rutgers brought up the rear, .1 seconds behind Conn...
After the trawler had been towed backward for about a mile, a periscope shot out of the water just astern of it. Then the submarine surfaced, black and wet, but with no identification marks whatsoever. Skipper Hamnen and his 40 crewmen reckoned that it was a Soviet sub, but tried shouting in Norwegian anyway to the seamen who began appearing on its deck. There was no response. Said Hamnen: "I guess they weren't too eager to talk with us. After all, it's pretty dumb when a modern submarine gets caught up in a fish...
...strong Wisconsin eight broke away from Radcliffe at the 1000-meter mark and moved on to win by one length, covering the 1500-meter course in 5:36. First-seeded Yale finished second, .7 seconds astern of the Badgers, while the 'Cliffe was third...