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Word: barre (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Buoyed by victory the winning eight seemed fresh at the finish. Not so the losers. Only H. C. Morphett, No. 5, sat erect in the shell. His seven were slumped in collapse. They were hurried to the boathouse. Six revived quickly. The seventh, P. D. Barr, bow, remained unconscious for 30 minutes. He had taken his place in the shell though ill with influenza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Centenary | 4/1/1929 | See Source »

...where his father doted on the smelt-fishing. At twelve he was racing his own little boats and, soon after, sailing with Capt. Crocker on the sloop Shadow. Then came his string of "oo" boats-Papoose (1887), Babboon (35-footer), Gossoon (40-footer) in which he beat Capt. Charles Barr in the Scotch cutter Minerva; Harpoon (1892) in which he won the Goelet Cup at Newport; and the Rooster and Crooner. He is a stern skipper; his own son calls him "Mister Adams" on shipboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Eight New, Two Old | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

...Vice-President Edmund Austin Mays Jr. 207 Charles Dana Draper Jr. 106 Richard Norman Clark Jr. 86 Ernest Carleton Nickerson 54 Francis Pitman Bicknell 51 Joseph Rawson Collins 50 Everett Augustus Grant 39 Walter Archer Beyer 20 For Secretary-Treasurer Norwood Penrose Hallowell Jr. 260 Crispin Cooke 133 James Barr Ames 123 Mark Woodbury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS | 2/14/1929 | See Source »

...James Barr Ames, of Wayland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMEN CHOOSE OFFICERS TODAY | 2/13/1929 | See Source »

...announced five additions to the list of nominees. Petitions have been received nominating for the vice-presidency Everett Augustus Grant '32, of Aliston, Richard Norman Clark Jr. '32 of Atlanta, Georgia, and Walter Archer Beyer '32 of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Mark Woodbury '32, of New York and James Barr Ames '32 of Wayland were nominated for the office of secretary-treasurer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAST NOMINATIONS FOR 1932 EXECUTIVE POSTS ARE FILED | 2/12/1929 | See Source »

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