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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...problem with America is that it gets caught up and entangled in its self-righteous rhetoric and desperately tries to hold onto it at any cost," the crew-cut scholar asserts...

Author: By Joanthan J. Ledecky, | Title: A Man Worth Heeding | 4/28/1977 | See Source »

Finally, I'd raise a great many questions about a search committee that stalls, ices the puck and takes an indeterminate number of walks to the pitcher's mound before nominating a new athletic director. It seems to me that if you were in a crew race, they'd say you had caught a crab--an expression, incidentally, that I finally mastered this weekend. I used to think that only crews in Maryland could catch crabs...

Author: By Michael K. Savit, | Title: Why Not? | 4/26/1977 | See Source »

Saturday's varsity contest was the first race for novices Rian Smith and Nancy Karabrok. "The experience against a crew like B.U. will certainly make a difference," said...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Crews Brighten Up a Gloomy Saturday | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

...eight contained four returning members of last year's national championship crew. However, one other returning oarswoman missed the race due to illness. "They'll be stronger at the Sprints," Huntsman said, "but we'll be smoother...

Author: By James E. Mcgrath, | Title: Crews Brighten Up a Gloomy Saturday | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

Dartmouth must have had an inkling of what would happen when their J.V. crew "lost the five man into the drink," as Higginson put it. They were also leading at the time of this crab but the Crimson was able to win easily in 6:22, 13 seconds ahead...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Harvard Light Crews Win by Default | 4/25/1977 | See Source »

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