Word: bows
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...good old days when the look-out's shout of "Thar she blows!" was answered by a lusty "Where away?" and from then on it was "Dead whale or stove boat", and not a pursuit of the whale in a power boat, mounting a one pound cannon in the bow...
Stroke, C. McK. Norton; 7, G. N. Saum; 6. B. J. Harrison; 5, Guy Murchee; 4, F. A. Clark; 3, Edward Hamlen; 2, W. T. Emmet; bow, James Lawrence; coxswain, Irving Neiman
Stroke, Captain Winthrop; 7, Leavitt 6, Darlington; 5, Platt; 4, Hubbard; 3, Barton; 2, Watts; bow, Barry; coxswain, Pforzheimer...
Stroke, Scudder; 7, Saltonstall; 6, Weymer; 5, Iselin; 4, Canning; 3, Ames; 2, Perkins; bow, Munchie; coxswain, Beer...
...curtain rises. Two musicians?the first violin and the cellist?are seated, chatting. Conductor Stokowski strolls vaguely in from the wings. He bows. Puzzled applause from the audience?murmurs of "But good heavens, Victoria, where is the orchestra? . . . Down behind that backdrop? . . . I think it is simply too quaint. . . ." That no orchestra lurks behind the backdrop is clearly demonstrated when Mr. Stokowski raises his baton and the scrannel strains of the violin and cello tremble, quite unsupported, in the hostile air. . . . Now another musician comes in. He carries a horn and a handkerchief and flops down in the first convenient...