Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When the snow begins to fall the crew takes to Weld Boathouse, and the ski team heads for the hills of Vermont and New Hampshire...
Skiing, unlike crew, which requires many long hours of strenuous practice, is a fairly easy sport to learn. The basic thing to remember is that one should always ski down a hill, because when you row up a hill, you have to go against the current. The crew member already knows this, of course, because his rowing practice all fall has taught him to keep his knees bent, his back arched in a straight line, and his head down as he strokes...
...however rewarding crew may be as a sport, many important advantages accrue to the ski enthusiast. Surrounded by snow, with the cold wind whipping across his face, ski poles in hand and poised to make the suicide slalom run, he suddenly realizes that he is a member of a team. There is togetherness and camaraderie in skiing; Men against Nature, the spirit of conquest, adventure and the Great Outdoors...
Nothing but Eloquence. If a mishap occurs at altitudes higher than 20 miles, no ordinary escape capsule is likely to survive the heat and shock of return to the lower atmosphere. Besides a parachute, it should have wings of a sort, plus rocket propulsion so that the crew can choose a reasonably favorable part of the earth to land on. Except for trying to hit Kansas instead of Antarctica, the crew should be able to leave everything else to automatic devicing. "About all that is expected of them." said Stanley, "is that they return to earth alive and express with...
Bill Austin (Rutgers) was just another promising football player when he graduated from Scotch Plains (N.J.) high school, but blossomed under the Rutgers single wing into a one-man wrecking crew. Apparently nothing more than a straightaway runner, he has deceptive change of pace, is the nation's second leading major college scorer (72 points), has gained 663 yds. rushing, 284 more passing, despite injuries, yet is notably detached for a big-time star. Says Austin: "At Rutgers football has been a part of college, not college a part of football. I wouldn't have wanted...