Word: banking
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Beside whose mossy bank I weave my dream...
...stroke up to 39, the two crews crossed the line, Harvard the winner by two lengths. The splendid fellows sat up straight and sturdy after their glorious victory, and seemed as comfortable and unmoved as if just ready to start for a practice pull. Yale rowed to the western bank, and got out of their boat, and then were taken back to their quarters in their little steamer, their shell being towed astern. Harvard turned up stream, and pulled away home at a steady stroke...
...Brown Glee Club assisted at the Telephone exhibition, May 7. After an introductory lecture, the audience listened in breathless silence to "the bulldog on the bank," as he was transmitted via telephone by the club at an office about half a mile distant...
...corrected, the crew cannot hope to row the shell steadily. Next to this, comes the dead catch; and till this is vivified, they cannot hope to row the shell fast. Mr. Loring is coaching them daily from the coxswain's seat, from another boat, and from the bank. His painstaking deserves and promises to be met with considerable success...
...they added their bills and their checks on the bank...