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Word: crewed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that as it may, Nancy Abrams and crew were doing their best to out-cola the Kennedy people in taking care of the voters on caucus day. Said Nancy: "Whoever takes care of them best has the key." In addition to cold drinks, she and her workers will offer them umbrellas and seats. She boasted: "We have plenty of buses, all air conditioned." Said she of her side's supporters: "Sure there's dissatisfaction with Carter, but people aren't ready to switch. There are underlying bad feelings about Kennedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Playing the Florida Game | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...athletic director, says the committee members agreed to underwrite a cheerleading squad after they got sick of hearing alumni complain that Harvard was the only Ivy League college without cheerleaders. "People would ask me, 'What is this? How can the (athletic) department let this go on?'" Janus remembers. Varsity crew members traditionally lead cheers at the game, but alumni wanted something "more structured," Janus explains. The crew team, like the band, believed they were too cool for structure. They "just plowed around, throwing candy at the crowd,' Janus says...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Unlike the crew team which merely moonlighted as a pep team, the new squad takes its cheerleading responsibilities seriously: practices two times a week, behind the stadium and in the IAB special exercise room. But so far its conscientiousness has gone unappreciated by many. Its first time out, the band let forth with a jeering blast, then rolled up their pants legs, wrapped their ties around their heads and minced their way through a burlesque routine. The cheerleaders were not amused...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: V--I--C--T--O--R--Y | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

Across from the Kennedy School on Boylston St., Kirkland House students threw snowballs at cars. Crew boats dotted the windswept Charles. And at the Business School field yesterday, time froze before...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Booters Knot Amherst, 1-1 | 10/11/1979 | See Source »

...long after the K-house people tired of nailing cars, and the crew went in for dinner, the booters continued to play--but they would have liked to have played a little bit longer...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Booters Knot Amherst, 1-1 | 10/11/1979 | See Source »

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