Word: craft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Seven eight-oared shells bobbed on the waters of the Hudson. To the rear bobbed in unison a strange assortment of craft. On the banks of the river a large, hot, cheering crowd yelled their lungs inside out. "Crack," snapped the starter's gun, and 56 oars buried themselves in the water, while seven megaphoned coxes roared at their crews. Thus began the Varsity eight-oar shell race of the Intercollegiate Regetta...
From Aaron "who began his career well, as brother of Moses, but made the fatal mistake of trying to combine the goldsmith's craft with religion," to Zipporah, "the Midianite wife of Moses," this book embraces many characters that appear in the modern Who's Who under a different guise; several names, indeed, may be found in both books. In the Rev. Allen's, the name of Baruch belongs to "a young nobleman"; Cain, says Author Allen, is the same name as Smith. David gets the most space, nigh four pages; Paul is second, Moses third. Goliath...
Roald Amundsen and five companions in two flying boats taxied along the water and rose in the air. Spitzbergen dwindled behind them, as their heavily-laden craft, fueled for a 1,600-mile trip, with provisions for six weeks, turned northward on a 700-mile trip to the North Pole. They should have wade it in eight or nine hours, they might have returned in as many hours more. But they did not. They kept the world waiting. They might have suffered mishap and be trekking back. They might have descended at the Pole, as they hoped...
...nearly half a length behind at the start. The course was a mile and three-quarters, and by the mile mark Yale had pulled up and was leading. Open water showed for a hundred yards, but the University Junior crew spurted to within half a length of the Yale craft before the finish was reached. The Yale time was 9m. 50s., with the University four seconds slower...
...crew set busily to work, preparing the cases for delivery over the ship's sides. Occasionally, a mate would gaze expectantly over the waters, looking for the swift little rum runner which would surely come. Hours passed. Then, suddenly, four small motor craft raced into sight, came up to the Pellegrini, but not alongside. They circled around and around-picket boats of the U. S. Coast Guard...