Word: boated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sometime, maybe early next week. But once he picks them, they'll be definite. It'll be close anyway, and whoever he picks it'll be a fast boat, so no one should be too disappointed...
...remained to eliminate one more person, and the ten women who would represent the United States at the World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England at the end of the month would be chosen, settled. Except, of course, for the question of who would be chosen to race in the boat of eight, and who would be chosen as the two spares...
...last. Her tangled, sandy light brown hair was pulled back carelessly into a pony tail, and her hands were protected as best they could be by bandages and gloves. Along with the three women who would be rowing with her in the four, she heaved the boat into the river, following the orders called out by the coxswain in a long, low shout. "Okay, hold, Ready? Lift...
Back at the boat house, the women heaved the boats out of the water and carried them over their heads to stack them inside. It was after nine now, and people were milling around, making plans for breakfast, chatting with Parker, greeting Claudia Schneider--who had been condemned to the erg for the morning workout. Maggie was off in the shadows of the stacked boats, removing the gloves and gingerly taking off the bandages. Her hands hurt badly, they were killing her. But she couldn't tell anybody. No one could know...
...spare. I can tell you that." Jackie Zoch stretched her long legs down the seat at Tommy's Lunch and looked across the table at Carie Graves. Carle didn't have to worry about being a spare; she'd been stroke that morning, the most prestigious position in the boat. "I'm not doing all this just so I can go over there and watch other people row. So you get a free trip to England, so what? I can go to England on a tour, if I want...