Word: captains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Noted well a vote of 10 to 1 (with two Senators abstaining) by which the Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections decided to recommend to the Senate the unseating of Senator Smith Brookhart of Iowa and the seating of his opponent, Captain Daniel W. Steck...
...members of the Harvard team were Captain A. G. Carrillo '26, A. R. Allen '26, and Howard Finney...
...University, Artemas Ward was made a member of the Assembly and Executive Council for Worcester County. During the following years, he took part in the wars against the French and Indians, and finally on April 22, 1775, two days after the beginning of the siege of Boston was made Captain-General. A month later he was raised to the position of General and Commander in Chief of the Massachusetts troops. In this capacity he commanded at Bunker Hill, although he himself stayed in Cambridge at the time and detailed the leading of the troops to Colonel Prescott...
...advance to the second complicates the stroking situation. It is understood that Watts, who is now stroking the first crew, is doing so mainly for the purpose of giving Captain Winthrop practice at rowing behind somebody. When the faults in Winthrop's recovery are eradicated, it is expected that he will return to the stroke seat. This will mean that there will be four strokes for three crews, and there is a likelihood of one of them being moved from the pace-setter's place to a position nearer the bow of the boat...
Shubert--"Captain Jinks", with...