Word: butte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Jay Kim won election, of course many of my acquaintances made cute jokes about my election to Congress. After the series in the Times, I again became the butt of jokes. My colleagues at work served me with a fake subpoena. At a party, a friend made a big show of putting plastic handcuffs on my wrists. And I once again began to get those knowing smiles and astonished looks when I was introduced to strangers...
...This was a good approach for the group of people we had," Butt said. "It resulted in a better understanding of the stroke for the crew...
Working with videotapes of the races, Butt scrutinized every detail of his crew, from the bladework and body position of his rowers to facial expressions--and discovered a technical flaw: at the catch, the stern of the boat was sinking below the water...
...team worked hard to find this stroke," Butt said. Senior Sam Truslow said it took him half the year to perfect the stroke, and even then only after double practices four times per week through the spring and summer. But it was the eventual perfection of this stroke that would define the season...
...Butt sent his men out on an especially long "sweat row" to shed the pounds. One rower passed out at the weigh-in, but the mission was accomplished as everyone cleared. The race afterwards seemed easy...