Word: half
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Harvard's lightweight crew, frustrated in the opening round last year, has attacked the Henley Regatta with a vengence this week. It attacked it on Saturday, when the Crimson dumped Cambridge University by a half-length, breaking the record on the quarter-mile practice course. It attacked it on Sunday, during a practice run, when Harvard shattered the half-mile record, set by Leander Boat Club last summer, by over four seconds...
...Crimson drove off the line powerfully, with a minimum of roughness, and quickly opened up a small lead. By the mile flags, they had a half-length on the Argonauts, but the British crew was raising its stroke to a frantic, punishing 41, gambling the race on its ability to pull even during the final 550 yards...
...whole boat on antibiotics and reduced practice sessions to about half-intensity," coach Steve Gladstone explained. "We were hoping that the quality of work we had done earlier in the week could push us through the first round even if the boat was feeling...
...talks take place behind closed doors and last until about 3 p.m. About half an hour later there is a press conference in the French communications building across the river...
...About half of the faculty of the Summer School hold regular Harvard appointments. The remainder, those who don't teach at Harvard during the winter, are recommended for Summer School appointments by the Harvard departments. And many of this second group either received graduate degrees from Harvard, or taught here at one time or another as junior or senior Faculty members...