Word: boats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Propellers? The swanboats, heaven forbid, aren't powered by engine. But there are propellers, turned by young men strapped into bicycle-like setups in the rear of the boats. And in case the boat sounds like some Rube Goldberg get-up, rest assured that all the machinery is hidden inside a giant wooden swan that sits really at the stern...
...from the varsity oarsmen, there was a lot of grumbling heard. "People in that boat are very self-critical," stroke Jeff Brown said yesterday. He added that most of the varsity rowers "have gotten through not being stars," so they do not expect things to come easy...
...most boats, when they win by open water, there is wild celebration. There is none of the jubilation if we don't feel we've rowed well," Brown said. In fact, "the boat coming back sounded like an elevator coming up out of a coal mine"--just a log of coughing and silence...
...What really moves that boat is when people go for blood." Brown said, adding that it lengthens the stroke by three...
...completely pleased. He said that the starts indicate that "everyone is still making sure they're still rowing personally well. There is no boat sense...