Word: lightweights
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...likable, charming and always has the best interests of farmers at heart. But Secretary of Agriculture John Block, 46, is regarded in Washington as something of a political lightweight, lacking the toughness and savvy to handle an all but impossible job. Time and again, Block has been outmaneuvered by powers within the Administration and on Capitol Hill who do not share his priorities, which are to make farming profitable again and to reduce the Government's role in agriculture...
Harvard's nine novice boats in Saturday's Tail of the Charles had an ulterior motive for shaving some seconds off their times--they wanted to get to The Game. So, while impatient friends gunned the motors of their Hertzes, three of the lightweight crews streaked into first, second and third places in their division and the three heavyweight crews pulled into fourth, fifth and eighth places...
...coxswains' race," Lisa Gianelli, who coxed the third lightweight boat to third place in the lightweight division, said, adding "The start, the bridges, and the headwind that day really tested a coxswain's skill...
...lightweight first boat certainly was not dressed for the harsh conditions. All eight rowers and the coxswain sported bright Hawaiian sports shirts, each a variation of the loud floral motif...
...Lightweight coach Bob Leahy said he was pleased at the performance of both crews. "The first boat beat the next lightweight crew by nine seconds, which is a pretty comfortable margin," Leahy said. He added, however, "that doesn't mean we don't have anything to worry about...