Word: calmed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the water fairly calm, the first crew, rowing a 32 beat, mude the Harvard bridge in 3 minutes, 56 seconds. The surface of the Basin below the bridge was rather choppy and when the University eight reached the Henley distance in about 7 minutes and 12 seconds Coach Brown stopped the race which he had originally intended to go over the full mile and three quarters course...
Turning their prows upstream yesterday, the University crews found the straight stretches unusually calm and were able to spend a stiff practice session on racing starts and short competitive pulls in preparation for the M. I. T. races this Saturday...
Finding the Charles River Basin unexpectedly calm yesterday, seven Harvard crews were able to hold time trials over their respective distances for the first time this spring...
Hitherto Coach E. J. Brown '96 has been frustrated in his efforts to send the Crimson oarsmen over the Basin straightaway. The prevailing west winds have kept the water in an unfavorable turmoil but if conditions today are at all calm, the three shells will get away from the mark at the temporary bridge below the M. I. T. boathouse...
Actress West plays her heroine with an eloquent and minatory calm, which contrasts well with the chryselephantine magnificence of her appearance. There are oldtime tough songs, outmoded slang words ("moll," "dick," "corset"), and singing waiters, one of whom yodels, in the musty barroom, the same song with which he recently amused Manhattan cabaret patrons. Diamond Lil is an entertaining melodrama...