Word: eight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lives. Despite the Acadians indifference to their danger, however, only ten lives are definitely known to have been lost in Louisiana, though rumor has listed the dead at more than 100. Nine of the dead belonged to one family, a widowed woman and her eight children. Caught as the flood entered Plaucheville, the Widow Dupré fled with her children to the second story of her home. The water poured into the house, reached the second story, continued to rise. A rescue boat found the entire family huddled together, drowned...
...roads. The orchestra arrived at two o'clock, with one hour to unload piano, harp, trunks and instrument books from the trunks, and for luncheon. At three o'clock an audience of twelve hundred was in the gymnasium, one thousand of whom were school children. Tonight an audience of eight hundred brought the number to two thousand who heard the orchestra in spite of rain and muddy roads. Busses with school children came from twenty-five miles away...
...Harvard first crew outweighs the Cornell eight by nearly ten pounds to the man and is a heavy favorite in tomorrow's feature battle. No change has been made in the Crimson since Captain Platt returned to the number 5 seat three weeks ago. The Cornell boat, with the weights, is seated as follows: stroke, Frances, 179; 7, Callahan, 177; 6, Allen, 186; 5, Harwood, 177; 4, Hopper, 178; 3, Craig, 169; 2, Drew, 177; bow, Jarvis, 174; coxswain, Walker...
...Crimson 150-pound crew, which trailed Pennsylvania last Saturday, faces the Red and Blue eight again, as well as lightweight crews from Princeton, Yale, and Columbia...
...third university crew faces eights from Yale, Princeton, and Pennsylvania. None of the crews have any racing records, and any prediction as to the outcome is impossible. The Harvard boat, however, did not impress in its workouts on the Charles, trailing an informal combination class eight in practice, and it will be a surprise if the Crimson boat leads the way over the Schuylkill course...