Word: launching
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Coach Charlie Whiteside was very nearly hoist by his own petard yesterday when fire broke out on the launch "Frank Thompson" opposite the Watertown Arsenal. Gasoline in the bilge was ignited by a backfire, and in seconds only the crew was scrambling over the stone wall on the Cambridge side loudly cheered by the watching jolly boaters...
...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...
Bert Haines, likewise, is prepared to launch several Freshman crews. The yearlings will be put in the Leviathan until the river is completely free...
...reason given by Whiteside for the early selection of crews is the apparent lateness of the spring. There are still 20 inches of ice on the Charles, and it is the coach's opinion that he will not be able top launch a shell before March 20, a comparatively late date. He is therefore experimenting with several combinations in the tank so as to waste as little time as possible when the ice does break...
...suite in Manhattan's sedate Hotel Plaza bustled and hummed last week with brisk activity. After more than a year of thoroughgoing preparation. Promoter Adolph Oettinger Goodwin was ready to launch his Goodwin Plan by which church people will promote the sale of certain manufactured products and thereby earn 2% commissions (TIME. Dec. 4. 1933). Despite the criticism leveled at it last year by church papers, the Plan has whetted the pious appetites of churchgoers who plan to give the proceeds to Ladies' Aid Societies, home mission boards, Christian Endeavor, et al. Furthermore, devout buyers are assured that...