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Word: boatfuls (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first public warning to the Dutch came from a German police boat at the tiny border town of Lobith, where the Rhine flows from West Germany into The Netherlands. "The river is poisoned!" a German policeman shouted to a Dutch police launch. "Nobody knows what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe: The Rancid Rhine | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

...there are more engineers and technicians (35,000) than there were people in 1948. Nearly one-fourth of Brevard County's residents have a college education, six times the national figure; incomes in this affluent subsociety range from $8,000 to the moon. Most families own a boat and at least two cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communities: Life in the Space Age | 7/4/1969 | See Source »

Luckily for Harvard, the regatta is run on a seeding system this sumer rather than on the traditional blind draw. The Crimson drew powerful Cornell last July and lost in the opening round. This week, with the boat suffering from a virus only two days before its first race, a similar draw would have been disastrous...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Lights Win First Race at Henley | 7/3/1969 | See Source »

...whole boat on antibiotics and reduced practice sessions to about half-intensity," coach Steve Gladstone explained. "We were hoping that the quality of work we had done earlier in the week could push us through the first round even if the boat was feeling...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Lights Win First Race at Henley | 7/3/1969 | See Source »

Assuming the Crimson avoids elimination, it must win twice more to reach the finals, where, presumably, it will face the excellent Penn boat. One loss eliminates an entry, so unlike the Olympics, there is no allowance made for a bad race...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Lights Win First Race at Henley | 7/3/1969 | See Source »

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