Word: cupful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Before President Roosevelt left Newport and the America's Cup races, he shouted over the rail of the Nourmahal to newshawks, who had had some rough sailing keeping up with him: "I hear some of you boys lost your vocabularies . . . ." Presidential laughter boomed out over the water as he added: "Never mind, I'll try to find them for you on the way back...
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 27--United States yachtsmen made it two straight triumphs today in their team match series with the Scottish six-meter best sailors for the British-American Cup...
Washington, Sept. 26--International golf matches for the Curtis Cup are scheduled to open here tomorrow with virtually all the women's titles represented...
Newport, R. I., Sept. 25--T. O. M. Sopwith and his sloop Endeavour lost today's America's Cup race with Harold Vanderbilt because he strayed far from the course on the second...
...know, shortly before an America's cup race starts, the "Wilhemenia" after a careful study of the winds and tides, runs up flags which, when interpreted, indicate the course for the day. For example, a yellow flag means southeast; a green one, north by south, and a pink one, south by southeast. The skippers of the competing yachts train their binoculars on these and so set their course...