Word: length
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...almost the same story in the Freshman race. Navy again took an early lead, and Harvard was unable to pass them at any point. The Crimson finished a length and a half behind the plebes, with Penn another half length behind...
Meanwhile, the Harvard 150-pound crew was also faring badly at Philadelphia in the annual Henley regatta. Princeton's light eight won in a driving finish that was so close that there was only a scant length between the Tiger boat, and the shell from Penn. Columbia and Navy fought it out for third place with only a boat deck separating the two crews. Harvard never challenged seriously, and finished three lengths behind...
...crossing the finish line a scant two feet ahead of the Navy crew, and a length and a half ahead of Harvard, the Penn oarsmen on Saturday duplicated their performance of last year by winning the cup donated by Charles Francis Adams '88. The Quakers were clocked at 8:58.6 over the mile and three quarters course on the Severn River, with the Navy a tenth of a second behind, and Harvard finishing...
...jail, fire chiefs and prosecutors made Driscoll print his name, dictated sentences, compared the printing to the threat notes of 1931-32. Driscoll twitched, squirmed, finally burst into a babble of confession. For four days he gushed about his crimes, drove with fire officials the city's length & breadth, pointing out plants he had fired. When he was talked out, flabbergasted officials tallied up 125 fires, $1,000,000 losses...
Continental Europe's longest bridge cannot compare in size or expense with the great bridges of the U. S. Half the length of the Queensboro Bridge in Manhattan, it cost tiny Denmark $8,000,000, or slightly more than has been set aside to build the approaches to the great San Francisco-Oakland bridge...