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Within a few seconds, his oar was stubbornly refusing to come out of the murky water on the recovery, and within another moment or two, his feet were becoming unusually wet. It was the Titanic disaster all over again. The proud new Joseph Burk shell, christened just three hours before, was sinking on its maiden voyage, and with it, any hope Pennsylvania had of spoiling Harvard's best afternoon in five years...
...Burk Uzzle, a former Life photographer and current member of Magnum Photos, Inc., leads us on a tour of pop and chrome America. Oblique lines on a parking lot lead us to a lone horse-rider on blacktop; an arrow directs us past a rooster on a traffic island. Emphasizing design and pure form, Uzzle illustrates an econoline van making it a highly disciplined composition--circular wheels, white slab body that flows into each white side of the frame, and black geometric solids surround the white...
...CHILLICOTHE, ILL. The first of 17 crew changes between Chicago and Los Angeles. Gerty climbs down the side of the red, yellow and silver lead diesel unit; Engineer Bill Burk climbs up. Off again, then a stop for 20 minutes in Galesburg. A load of lumber on the local freight ahead of us has shifted dangerously, so that car must be set out on a siding. Though a fast train like Super C means less working time for the crews, Burk says he prefers handling a longer, heavier train: "It's the difference between a Sunday outing...
Since he took over the head coaching job from Joe Burk last year, Nash has been subjected to much criticism from crew enthusiasts and sometimes his own oarsmen for his long and hard training methods. At the start of this year, in backlash to this Marine-style approach, two of Nash's premier rowers, Olympians Luther Jones and Rick Crooker, decided it might be healthier not to compete...
...blue blazer with the "U of P" in red on the pocket, stopwatch in hand. The technician. Authoritarian, McCurdy stood next to him in his grey sweatsuit, sweating. He had a beard on his face. For a Harvard fan, the contrast was easily categorized. They were crew coaches Joe Burk and Harry Parker, or even the scheming Lex Luther and Superman, who stood for truth, justice, and maybe even the American...