Word: crab
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...sultry weekend, David Barr, 24, of Joliet, Ill., headed for Crab Orchard Lake in the southern part of the state. In his impatience to escape the heat, Barr dived right in without first testing the depth of the water, plummeted to the bottom and broke his neck...
Navy, who as defending champion and second seed, was again supposed to battle first ranked Harvard and Penn for the championship in a replay of last week's Adams Cup won by Harvard, failed to make the finals when stroke Chuck Munns caught a crab with 200 meters remaining and Cornell and Wisconsin passed the Middies who were trying to regain momentum. Cornell and Wisconsin finished fourth and sixth respectively in the finals...
...Wave, A Crab, A Slip...
...when the Engineers' seven-man jumped his slide and lost control of his oar, an accident that cost his crew the race. Two weeks ago, Brown was passing Northeastern during the final 500 meters when a wave from a passing launch shook the Bruin shell, causing a partial crab that allowed Northeastern to slip away to a half length victory...
...white, tender body of the rocket, supported by the clumsy, tender hands of its red tower. It was like big brother embracing his sister before going a long way. It was a great impression." And that was not all. The tower was also "a sea crab that accidentally found on the bottom of the sea a rare and unusual white pearl it was holding in its clumsy claw." According to Yevtushenko, Astronaut Scott exclaimed: "It's absolutely what I feel, but I didn't express...