Word: finished
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Yale made a courageous challenge, moved up almost neck & neck with the smooth-moving Harvard boat. But the spurt was not good enough. The crimson crew, with its short leg & arm stroke taught them by Washington-trained Tom Bolles, made its first spurt of the day, darted over the finish line-victor by a little over a length...
They will travel with the Yale 150-pound crew which also intends to enter the regatta, and a Harvard-Yale finish may result...
...four pastel bathrooms and two auxiliary lavatories in her new house at Northampton, Mrs. Grace Goodhue Coolidge, widow of the 30th President, picked out the very latest in streamlined water closets, ivory finish and requiring no outside vents. They had been installed, when Plumbing Inspector Carl Eddy ordered them all disconnected for violating the ordinance...
...first time since competition was inaugurated in 1922, a British team defeated a U. S. team (7-10-4) in the Walker Cup golf matches, played at famed St. Andrews last week. In so doing, they dominated a contest which was notable from start to finish for its incorrigible screwiness...
...ninth grade. Most thought their education had helped them enjoy life, but three out of ten believed it had not helped them much to earn a living. Yet the fact is that the high-school graduate is paid 50% more than the youngster who did not finish elementary school...