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Word: crowings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...expedition supplies had gotten lost in the shipping strike and that all the Alaskan boats were hopelessly tied up. Three weeks were spent in straightening out this tangle and it wasn't until June 23 that the base camp was established at Crillon Lake, 10 miles as the crow flies and 15 miles on the only walkable route to the summit of the mountain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD-DARTMOUTH EXPEDITION GETS GLACIAL DATA, CLIMBS CRILLON | 9/24/1934 | See Source »

...responsibility for their own welfare. Solemnly the Indian chiefs listened to Commissioner Collier. Some rejoiced at his proposals while others objected bitterly. Reactions: Edward Quick Bear (Rosebud Sioux): The old way leads to the end of the trail. We can lose nothing by trying the new way. Harry Whiteman (Crow): I have been told the Commissioner's heart is in this bill. I also have a heart and my heart is with the welfare of my people. . . . Don't cram this bill down our throats, Mr. Commissioner. Rides-at-the-Door (Blackfeet) : If what is told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Red Man's Burden | 6/25/1934 | See Source »

William C. Haskins '37, who rowed number seven in the Freshman Regatta last Saturday, has been elected captain of the 1937 crow. He is nineteen, weighs 175 pounds, and is G feet, 2 inches tall. He prepared at Noble and Greenough and comes from Hanover, Mass...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: William C. Haskins Elected Captain of Freshman Crew | 5/24/1934 | See Source »

Coach Charley Whiteside's Varsity crow stands a pretty good chance of leaving both Pennsylvania and Navy in its wake in the race in Philadelphia next Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: So the Story Goes . . . | 5/21/1934 | See Source »

...fairly fast time for rough water the Browne and Nichols crew defeated the first Freshman 150-pound crew by three lengths in the race Saturday afternoon over the regulation Henley course. The Black and White crew was a half length ahead after the first half-mile when the 150 crow's No. 7 man caught a minor crab and although he recovered from it the strain later caused the rigger to break, making the car utterly useless. The time for the winning boat was seven minutes and seventeen seconds for the mile and five-sixteenths...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Browne and Nichols Sink Freshman 150-Pound Crew | 5/7/1934 | See Source »

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