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Word: meters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...showed at the start, when B.U. jumped out to a slight lead, but after that it was all Radcliffe. The women in black put open water between themselves and the Terriers in the first third of the race, then simply built and built on the lead over the 1500-meter course and finished five-and-a half lengths in front...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Crews Smoke B.U. in Season Opener | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

After just ten strokes at 34, the oars-women had moved a length up, and they owned a comfortable open water margin by the 500-meter mark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Crews Smoke B.U. in Season Opener | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...protractor ... I could take the simplest antitrust case and protract it for the defense almost to infinity ... [One case] lasted 14 years ... Despite 50,000 pages of testimony, there really wasn't any dispute about the facts ... We won that case, and, as you know, my firm's meter was running all the time?every month for 14 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Those | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

...preliminary heat the Crimson held Washington off until the 1800-meter mark before letting them slip by, taking second rather than expend energy needed for the afternoon...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Heavies Place 4th In Coast Classic | 4/4/1978 | See Source »

Crimson Cox Jeff Rothstein stayed dry (at least on the outside) Saturday in California and that meant trouble for the Harvard heavyweight crew. They finished fourth in a tight 2000-meter San Diego Crew Classic race that ended with the University of Washington's cox taking the traditional victory plunge...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Heavies Place 4th In Coast Classic | 4/4/1978 | See Source »

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