Word: charleses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gordon recalls that when he and his colleagues left their offices at night, "we walked in the middle of the street; if somebody was going to commit suicide, we did not want him to land on us." It was not an idle concern. Charles Mattey, then 19 and a commodities...
Its greatest subject was Charles de Gaulle.
The Head of the Charles Regatta's "Championship Eights" lineup: Harvard Varsity; 1964 Olympic Team; Washington University; Kirkland House Elite Eight; Vespers Boat Club...Kirkland House Elite Eight??? Wait one minute!
When we reached the basin, I asked everyone how they felt. Aside from the expected nervousness, I learned, not only the adrenaline was flowing. More than half the Kirkland crew needed a restroom, and since Indian summer had solicited an audience of thousands, the River Charles was not an auspicious...
Before we really had time to solve this problem, however, an announcement to the tune of "Gentlemen, start your engines" came from the B.U. Boathouse, and the world's 39 greatest crews, and K-House, began rushing through the Charles' mighty waters. We were the fortieth and final "Championship Eight...