Word: crew
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...subject of which was man's back-sliding into his mechanical way of life. With a blackboard background portraying the evolution of man's brain, the speech, which ended, "mechanized and moronic man moves toward extinction," was repeated for an hour while the six man March of Time crew strove for the proper effect...
Despite the confusion and inconvenience, most laymen heartily approved CAA's action. Reason: the "Star of Lisbon" was the third Constellation to catch fire and crash-land in the last ten months. The first, an Army plane manned by a Pan American crew, went down near Linn, Kans. in September. The second was a commercial Pan American ship (carrying members of London's Old Vic company back to Britain), which dropped an engine and squeaked into Willimantic, Conn, last month...
Although the barges are similar in appearance to the racing, shells, there are certain differences which are of paramount importance to the untried crew. Some of the differences, said Coach Haines, are a wider span, a false keel, and a general all-around greater stability...
Although there are no more available openings for oarsmen, the crew coach emphasized the need for small men to act as coxwains. He pointed out that acting as the "slavedriver" of a husky bunch of sweep devotees was perhaps the only way for small men to win their...
...this time Haines maintains that every college will have an equal chance to make the trip to England, since nearly every collegiate crew will have a complete turn-over in two years. He figures that the odds against any single college now stand...