Word: likes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fifties, or lightweights, returned to Henley last June as the defenders of the Thames Cup, which they won for the first time the previous year. Like the heavies, coach Lawrence Coolidge's 'fifties were also undefeated when they left for England. Coolidge, who graduated in '58, was the Crimson singles champion of that year, when he tied the College singles record on the Charles. Last spring was his first season as a coach, and his enthusiasm and judgement seemed to compensate for any inexperience...
...result of the draws, the 'fifties had a race against the Crowland Rowing Club when the Regatta opened on July 1st. Like the rest of the week's four racedays, the first day saw the sort of weather which made this summer England's best of the century. The pink and white blazers, the school stripped caps, and the garden-party dresses which always decorate Henley during the Regatta were for once in harmony with the climate. The redcoatted band, the funfair, and the bars were all operating at full tilt as the first shells glided past the green riverbanks...
...process, however, Wright created new problems. While his structure, shaped like a snail shell with portholes, may attract, it also repels as no mere skyscraper can. In his grand manner he committed glaring faults (for instance, the office space was designed for gnomes...
...that I do not like this way of life," Hynek explained, "but that North-western offers me "a way of life I like better, namely that of the professor." Hynek's position at Northwestern will also allow him to spend considerable time away from the campus at observatories...
...youthful dreams fade: truth is no longer the hard, shiny thing to pick up and store away; Quincy House has ceased to represent perfection. There has been "an unavoidable delay in completing the house's interior." And so, like the man who came to dinner, the Fuller Construction Company must remain; Art has been postponed for several fortnights at least...