Word: boated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Robert A. Dole, Jr. '56, who was rowing third oar in the boat that sank, said, "We just never saw them in the darkness. They hit us head-on between my position and four, as we were heading downstream, opposite Stillman Infirmary...
Massachusetts' Democratic Junior Senator John F. Kennedy was "very comfortable" in Manhattan's Hospital for Special Surgery after a successful operation on his spine, injured when his PT boat was cut in half by a Japanese destroyer during World...
...fact that we are a great nation." But Kennan, too, is worried that the U.S. may become too agitated, may attempt to force its standard of morality on the rest of the world, may abuse its power and responsibility. His recommendation: "If we all sit quietly in our little boat and address ourselves to the process of navigation, I doubt that it will tip over...
...Navy's first atomic submarine, the $55 million Nautilus, ran into trouble .without leaving the dock. Last month a steam pipe outside the nuclear reactor burst during dockside trials. Last week the Navy learned why. The General Dynamics' Electric Boat Division, which built the Nautilus, had mixed together seamless and welded pipes in its warehouses-and in the Nautilus. Weak welded pipes burst under pressure which would have been withstood by the specified seamless piping. Moreover, it turned out that piping was mixed up too in Electric Boat's second atomic submarine, the Sea Wolf, now abuilding...
...most oarsmen, the barge has sprung is weak in the joints, and has to be scrapped. At least it will not float on the river any more. It may go to Dartmouth, however, two carpenters, "Scotty" and Arthur, worked five weeks building a stronger, lighter, and more-casily handled boat. It was launched three days ago but won't be used until next fall, for it has no riggers and the outdoor training season will be over in two weeks...