Word: laking
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Harvard, the crew considered most likely to row for the U.S. in the Olympics, had to break a course record on Lake Carnegie, N.J. to edge out Princeton by one foot. The week before, Navy had beaten Princeton by two lengths...
...boathouse is wringing his hands over the fact that Yale covered a mile-and-three quarters last Saturday in a minute's less time than the Crimson. The Elis were paddling down the Harlom River, as experience more nearly akin to shooting the rapids than rowing on a lake...
...thing, Cornell was the only boat to show its stern to the Crimson last year, and most of the same powerful assembly will be back tomorrow to try again. For another, Frank Collyer is reputed to be the best stroke to be sport himself on the waters of Lake Cayuga for many a long year. What's more, he's the nephew of the greatest stroke Cornell ever had, whatever that may signify. For a third, this crew has elready defeated Syracuse by a sizeable margin...
Saigon (Paramount), where Alan Ladd turns up with Veronica Lake after his fatiguing operations in China and Calcutta, concerns a lot of Amerasian hugger-mugger over a stray $500,000. During the film, at least three well-paid players die for the purpose of bringing Alan and Veronica together. It seems a shocking waste of life until, doubtless referring to all the money Saigon is sure to make at the box office, Paramount has Veronica explain: "All this happened because it had to happen...
...eyes of the nation's crew enthusiasts will be on the Crimson-tipped oars of Harvard's varsity eight this afternoon as it flashes over the waters of Lake Carnegie in quest of its first victory on the road to Olympic world championship...