Word: beating
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the tide against them and the water unfavorably rought, the oarsmen settled down after the opening burst of speed to a beat of 30 which was maintained up to the three mile mark. From this point on, Captain John Watts '28 lifted the stroke to 35, quickening it gradually to 38, and as the shell neared the finish to a fast sprinting...
...morning workout on Saturday was very light with the two shells paddling downstream to the submarine base and back at a beat seldom exceeding 24. The Thames was quite rough, with a strong southeast wind whipping up white caps before the rain started...
...last of the "crucial" primaries was held in West Virginia. Smith beat Reed. His nomination looked as certain as such things can look upon a planet inhabited by human beings...
Favorite Son Goff beat Candidate Hoover. It was a preferential primary, leaving the delegates uninstructed, and three of the 19 delegates elected were regarded as Hooverites. But the popular vote stood-Goff 120,337; Hoover, 105,876. The usual comments were made: 1) That the Hoover boom had passed its peak, would now collapse; 2) That the Beaver Man had made a splendid showing...
...Auteuil, France, Helen Wills came to the semi-finals of the international hardcourt championship. She beat a nervous Dutch girl by the name of Rollin Couquerque who weighed nearly 200 pounds and made twelve double-faults. With Francis T. Hunter for partner Miss Wills played an exhibition match in Paris against Eileen Bennet (England) and Henri Cochet. All four played at top speed, laughed when they missed, congratulated each other, made jokes, and agreed with the umpire. Bennet and Cochet...