Word: final
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Once arrived at Henley-on-Thames, both crews found their food and quarters excellent and settled down to a final week's training over the unfamiliar Henley course. The first day on the water, both eights seemed a bit sluggish, but after several days of double practice they settled into their earlier form...
...both institutions had previously met. Again, Isis rushed to an early lead and at the first quarter led by a narrow canvas. Never rowing below a thirty-six, Isis kept its lead until after the mile, when the Crimson's weight and power began to tell. But even the final Crimson sprint failed to shake Isis, and the race was not settled until the last strokes when the heavies stretched half a length ahead...
...final day's racing on Saturday, the 'fifties first enjoyed a relatively easy victory over the Union Boat Club in the morning and then whipped an exhausted University of London eight to recapture the Thames Challenge Cup in the afternoon finals. In the Grand finals Perry Boyden stroked the heavies to a convincing win over the Thames Rowing Club...
...final touch, the Agency has even taught its vendors how to appeal to their Harvard customers. "Get your icecold hotdog here," one was heard to wail, offering a tolerably warm specimen. Then plaintively, "Please, somebody buy this hotdog." And people do. Each sale earns three cents for the hawker, and a penny saved is $50,000 a year...
...which had come under fire was the haphazard and confusing organization of the plenary sessions, during which the Congress acts on resolutions and mandates. At the 1958 Congress only 25 of 100 bills ever got to the floor. The rest were sent off to the National Executive Committee for final disposal...