Word: coxing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...your oars and tie in. Shove off at seven exactly. A few short commands from the cox, and your arms, legs and hands snap into their accustomed roles, pulling the blade smoothly back and forth through the water on the paddle. The only sound is the slosh of the water, the knocking in the oarlock, and the creaking of slides on their tracks. You aren't winded yet, and allow your muscles to pull with exquisite control and power. You begin to heat up, and sweat forms cold spots on your back and under your arms...
Tension builds as you proceed through on quarter power, on half, three quarters..."full power--on...this one!" The coxwain strains forward. Your muscles release and pull harder than ever before. The boat is setting up well, and the cox is confident as you pull away from your apponent. "OK, power ten here guys, and quick at the catch...
...overcome this, the existence of non-white Americans must somehow be included in the academic mains tream of Harvard. I can envision a course titled "Impactful Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court" taught by Professor Archibald Cox. Surely such a course would include the Dred Scott Case, Pleasy vs Forguson, Brown vs Topoka, etc. It would also attract students from the entire community...
Besides advising Cox, Vorenberg during Watergate established the staff of approximately 100 people who worked in the special prosecutor's office and who remained after Cox's resignation...
Although he has not served continuously on the faculty since 1962, Vorenberg's major activities have always been connected with law. During Watergate, he was associate special prosecutor and consultant to Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox '34, Loeb University Professor. "He was invaluable as a constant close adviser," Cox says. "He struck a very good balance of establishing principled positions and using good common sense," he adds...