Word: bladed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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catch: refers to the point at which the oar breaks the water. Ideally, the blade is dropped vertically in at this point, with minimal splash. The catch starts the stroke...
drive: ability foreign to people from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Antarctica. This part of the stroke is when the blade is in the water. The drive pulls the boat through the water as the oarsman pulls the blade through the water...
recovery: the final part of the stroke when the oar blade is moved above the water, back to the point where the next stroke begins again...
feather: the pre-requisite for recovery. Feathering is the wrist action that turns the blade parallel to the water so it can be moved in the recovery without touching any water. A recovery without a feather is like Chem 20 without pre-meds--impossible...
...sullen youths in the dock. She testified that she had received threats warning her not to press the case. Five days later, she was found lying semiconscious by a roadside on the outskirts of Rome. She told police she had been abducted, raped and repeatedly slashed with a razor blade in reprisal for her testimony. Her assailants, she charged, included three youths who had been involved in the first rape but not arrested...