Word: floated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rowing the traditional Waban distance in much poorer time than that of any Float Night in history, the Weeks Memorial Bridge Boat Club, comprised principally of those Devilish Dunster Funsters, took a somewhat fishy looking victory over the polite Wellesley Senior, Junior, and Freshman boats yesterday...
...entire second half of April hobnobbing in hotel lobbies; perching on gilt chairs in improvised conference halls; rising to perfunctory votes of thanks; hoisting highballs in smoke-filled rooms; puffing after-dinner cigars while the tri-colored dessert melts, the ice-water turns tepid, the cigaret butts float in the coffee saucers, and the speaker of the evening warms to his subject of "Freedom of the Press." For the last half of April traditionally is the season when men of the Press come together to talk about their business...
Nevertheless, at least a quarter-billion of corporate refunding is shortly expected. Southern California Edison is about to float $73,000,000 of 4% bonds-biggest issue ever registered. Union Oil has filed a $13,500,000 offering. And last week big corporations like American Rolling Mills, California Packing, Virginia Electric & Power, Pennsylvania R. R., Commonwealth Edison, Armour & Co. and Texas Corp. were all reported to be considering financing ranging in amounts...
Prayers for those that go down to the sea in ships will be offered tomorrow on the Newell float, and all shells will carry an image of Saint Christopher, it was learned late last night. These heroic measures seem necessary to obviate further fatalities in the dangerous sport of rowing--the last two days have provided a severe warning...
...launch was in attendance since the boathouse force had not yet had time to move them out of winter storage, the ice having broken away from in front of the float only yesterday morning...