Word: crew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with hearty handshakes and returning smiles, the student porter is filled with a feeling of good will. He remembers how he arrived weeks ahead of most of his fellow classmates in the fall of freshman year, how he came to know Harvard with other members of the dorm crew in those first uncertain days, how the camaraderie of their labors had made them all fast friends. He is flooded with nostalgia as he hangs up his "Johnny brush" and rinses...
...Radcliffe varsity lightweights regained their winning form Saturday on the Charles, overpowering a mediocre MIT crew in a strong headwind...
...state of Maryland is famous for crabs. But those succulent little shellfish were not what the Harvard heavyweight crew was served this weekend when the Crimson traveled to Annapolis to take on a menu of Navy and Penn oarsmen...
...varsity went off the line against the Quaker crew it had beaten earlier in the season in San Diego and the host Midshipman eight. The Crimson's start, however, was none too good, and Penn quickly moved out to a half-length lead. By the 500 meter mark, Harvard had settled and was smoothly rowing through the boys from Philly when the first serving of crabs arrived...
...second boat opened up with a bad start and proceeded to go up stream from there. And despite flashes of brilliance from the J.V. boat--it moved on a strong Penn eight consistently throughout the race--the crew was equally consistent in its inability to row smoothly, culminating in a boat-halting crab five strokes from the finish line...