Word: boatmen
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...worried about the shirt situation even now, the present boatful merely wants a means of locomotion. They have presented their proposition to the boatmen at Harvard and MIT, but so far they have not been accomodated. They refuse to ask Wellesley for a boat loan, for should they get the boat they would have no storage space on the Charles...
Short-tempered, sweating boatmen struggled to push their sampans and junks close to the fantail of the SS Kiangya, Chinese coastal steamer loading last week at Shanghai for Ningpo. From the cramped decks of the small boats on to the steamer's overhang clambered frantic, ticketless Shanghailanders trying to flee the frightened city. Others clogged the wharves, straining to catch tickets thrown them from portholes by friends already aboard...
Whether or not the opponents prove to be tough, Haines will have one big factor in his favor. Half of the past two seasons' winning eight is still intact, and yet another of last year's boatmen will be back, thus leaving only three new oarsmen in the first shell. Main question mark is at stroke, where Jack Smith will be making his debut tomorrow. Though he worked for the yearling crew last spring, Smith is new to the stern slide. If he looks at home in his new position tomorrow, most of Haines' worries will be over...
...remaining contenders, Dunster, Adams, and Dudley, should have their boatmen on the river within two or three days...
Cocos shook their fists, called their opponents "American lackeys." A group of anti-Reds retorted by singing The Volga Boatmen. When Cachin left the chairman's seat, the second oldest member, 75-year-old Maurice Viollette, was hustled forward to take his place. But a cordon of Reds barred...