Word: gaps
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...easily in 21 minutes and 30 seconds; Harvard's time was 22 minutes, 5 seconds. Yale went to the front with a good lead almost in the first twenty strokes which they continued to increase up to the two-mile flag, where Harvard began to close up the gap a bit. Harvard made another attempt to catch the Yale boat at the three-mile flag, and succeeded in gaining a few seconds, which they held to the three-and-a-hald-mile flag. Thereafter Yale continued to pull away steadily, notwithstanding Harvard's desperate spurt toward the finish. An occasional...
...held them well and kept a few yards in advance of '97. The relative positions remained unchanged at the Harvard Bridge but the distances between the boats had increased to one and one-half lengths and one length respectively. The seniors raised their stroke and tried to close the gap between them and the leaders, and slowly picked up half a length...
...have been appointed by the senior class to attempt to express to you their sincere sympathy in your great sorrow. We feel that the loss of your son has left in our class a gap which cannot be filled. The class as a whole will miss one whom they are proud to have called a classmate, and those who knew him intimately have lost a manly, sincere and lovable friend. We as a class share in your grief, for this sorrow has touched us all, and we join as friends and classmates to assure you of our deepest sympathy...
...last two weeks of river work the launch was in daily use and two crews, a first and second 'varsity, rowed side by side under the eye of Mr. Watson. Once the second 'varsity was given a handicap of some lengths and the 'varsity attempted to close up the gap in a long stretch...
Pennsylvania Eleven.The U. of P. football team has left Philadelphia and retired to Delaware Water Gap for secret practice. The men will not return till Thanksgiving morning...