Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pericles of Putney/ The Voltaire of Vermont/ He'll blush at titles like that/ But aptness they do not want." The man so honored by the maimed meter of Senator Edward Brooke last week was his Senate colleague, George Aiken of Vermont. It was a combination birthday (his 82nd) and farewell party given by former Texas Congressman Frank Ikard for the retiring dean of the U.S. Senate. Aiken admirers donned casual and Western clothes and gathered for an evening of corn on the cob and some country music. Among the guests: Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott (in a patchwork...
Wood was out and aluminum was in. That was the new gospel circulating in the rarefied world of 12-meter yachting after the last America's Cup races in 1970. No matter that aluminum-hull boats had never competed in yachting's most prestigious international competition. Designers were convinced that the lightweight metal vessels would be speedier and cheaper to build. Olin Stephens, the world's foremost yacht designer, who conceived three of the last five Cup winners, created Courageous...
Arcand said each steam meter in the tunnels will cost between $1000 and $2000 to replace if damages to them are irreparable. It is still too early to ascertain how many meters are damaged, he said...
...Club provided the only bright spot for Crimson crew fans at the Henley Regatta finals Sunday, sweeping past England's Nottingham Rowing Club by a two-and-one-quarter-length margin to capture the Wyfold Cup for fours without cox. Porcellian's time was 7:27 for the 2000-meter course...
...varsity four made it apparent by about the 500-meter mark that it intended to carry through the Crimson's sweep and, despite a close start, it did just that...