Word: crabbed
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Police have a theory that in catching a crab, the handle of the our came back and hit Proctor in the stomach. In that event, they claimed he might have slumped forward, tipping the boat and falling out. His efforts to catch his breath would result in his lungs filling with water, and although he might be a good swimmer, rendered him incapable of saving himself. It was exceedingly misty Monday afternoon, and improbable that there were any other boats in the vicinity...
Coach Stevens would not comment on the showing of the crews yesterday, saying that the weather conditions worked against the possibility of either eight making a good showing. But for the fact that Hubbard caught a crab at the mile mark, where the crew lost many valuable moments, the first eight undoubtedly would have triumphed. Hubbard's outrigger was badly bent, and during the balance of the race he had difficulty in keeping from digging too deep...
...scenes there are some personal issues, even more satirical than the electioneering terms of the fiscal controversy. The ex-Premier has said no word to estrange the press trusts under his friends, Lords Gatherem and Botherem. Though nominally economists, they aspire mightily to rule the land and to crab Mr. Baldwin because they hope that Mr. Lloyd George at the head of a queerer coalition will yet be their man. That may easily become an issue in its way as big as the capital levy...
...earth was at the same point in its processional cycle. As for the animals of the Ark, they refer to the symbolic or spiritual animals of the Zodiac--for of course it is only to be expected that such a powerful race intellectually would select precisely a Bull, a Crab, a Goat, a Water-Bearer, etc., from all the possible things there were to choose from.-- "The animals went in two by two"; fortunately there are twelve signs in the Zodiac...
...would not let the Annapolis men get ahead and for every foot they gained made them struggle at their highest stroke. At that, the Navy's gain was no enough to put her up to the Tigers until Leh made his one mistake of the day and caught a crab. He recovered beautifully and the boat hardly showed the effect but the Navy and Princeton were even. The flags went down together at the quarter mark. But even before its spurt the Navy had shown signs of weakening; from the mile on, the bow man was of little...