Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...House crew differs quite a bit from varsity rowing. For one thing, House crew doesn't have that masochist tinge to it--no ergs, four-mile runs or Nautilus. You just wake up (at least try to wake up) at approximately 6 a.m. every morning and row. Row hard, row strong, row with your eyes closed--row whatever the cox says; after all, who's in any shape to argue at that hour...
Believe it or not, Kirkland House boldly challenged the world's finest crews this year in the Head. Armed with six men, two women a mean coxswain, a six of Miller and champagne, we set out Sunday as the last boat in the last heat of the entire regatta with two goals. First, we were determined not to be the last crew to finish the course despite being outclassed, and second, we wanted to avoid wrecking our racing shell--or anybody else...
...awesome complexity of the Head starting procedures and scoring systems, the two boats never saw each other on the river. Staggered starts had the Olympic boat starting in 21st position, and Rude& Smooth, racing under the singularly undistinguished name of the Composite Crew, begginning 37th...
...sleek white vessel nosed into Tokyo harbor last week, the Japanese markings were clearly visible on the superstructure. The crew of the 13,000-ton vessel was Japanese too, from the ship's captain to the deckhands. But emblazoned on the hull in red, white and blue letters was a most un-Japanese name: Boutique America. Below deck the contrast was even greater. The cargo area was an entire department store of U.S. consumer goods, ranging from golf clubs and fishing gear to pots and pans, jewelry, evening dresses and even slabs of sirloin steak. Displayed at specially constructed...
...kept out of college in 1964 by prejudice, ignorance and fear. They said I wouldn't fit in because I'm disabled," Charles G. Drafts, who now attends Harvard, said as the production crew filmed him. The University of Pittsburgh rejected Drafts...