Word: beating
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dropped to a 34 for the body of the race, and rose to a 36 or 37 at the finish. He dismissed briefly suggestions from others that they might be rowing at a more leisurely rate, urging the information that in a race a crew has to maintain a beat of at least 32 to stay in contention...
...freshman tennis team barely squeaked through yesterday afternoon to beat Andover, 6 to 3, in a match marked by extremely close sets. The winners for the Crimson were Dave Aldrich, Gerry Murphy, Roger Swanson, John Tangen, Chase Peterson, and Dick Becker...
...least Tufts was easy to beat in practice scrimmage earlier this year; and easy to beat last year. In lacrosse, however, as in any other sport, one can never be sure of these all-to-gain-and-nothing-to-lose teams...
Leverett defeated Lowell, 4 to 2, and Adams beat Kirkland, 4 to 5, in golf. Eliot took an automatic win from Dudley, which decided not to field a team this season...
Defeat of Sullivan's proposed law by the Senate was anticipated if a voice vote was used, since Senators' decisions are not recorded. A roll call ballot, however, might have made it difficult to beat, because many legislators were reluctant to oppose the suggested measure, H-442, publicly for fear of being branded "communist sympathizers...