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Word: fines (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...days when men were men, it was fashionable to take a heave at the oars. Which left the upper body almost parallel with the water. The principle behind this was that a mighty pull more than offset the waste motion and energy involved. Such fine points as not wobbling the boat or making a smooth recovery were ignored...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Long Training, Sheer Strength, and an Excellent Coach Give Harvard Great Varsities Every Year | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

...Harvard has great crews? Certainly Coach Bolles' technique and ability had a tremendous amount to do with it. Certainly the presence of an excellent river and the best of equipment is a contributing cause. Perhaps Harvard's reputation as a rowing college helps to perpetuate the string of fine oarsmen that come here...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Long Training, Sheer Strength, and an Excellent Coach Give Harvard Great Varsities Every Year | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

...sincerity. More substantial representatives of the British race I never saw, enlightened men all who will see that justice is done. The Defendant, Dan McCook, is a horrid fellow, a real dandy, and the Jury again deserves credit for reading their newspapers rather than listening to his fine voice. The poor, dear Angelina of Joan Dexter is positively radiant in spite of the beastly treatment she has undergone. And though his law's a fudge, justice is competently and wisely apportioned by Judge Arthur Shercliff. So impressed, in fact, was the public with the outcome of the "Trial" that...

Author: By Herbert P. Gleason, | Title: Trial by Jury | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

This looks fine, but considered in terms of the NELL itself which is rather 5like the American League-half good and half miserable--it means little. The coming three games, with teams that rate about even with the Varsity, will be the test of Bruce Munro's team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Ten To Do Battle At Springfield | 5/14/1949 | See Source »

After obtaining a safe lead, the players concentrated on lacrosse fine points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tufts Falls to '52 Lacrosse Squad | 5/12/1949 | See Source »

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