Word: nearly
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...crews went under the bridge the Newell was slightly ahead, but on the other side, the Weld pulled up and slowly forged ahead. About a quarter of a mile from the finish the Weld spurted and led by a length, while the Newell seemed unable to make further effort. Near the line Boardman made a final effort but the crew failed to respond. The Weld finished a length and a half ahead. The time was 9 minutes, 58 seconds...
Another day's easy work for the University crews, yesterday, is a fresh indication of a probable time-row in the near future. The orders remained unchanged. Both eights rowed poorly and with little life. In two stretches of less than a mile each, Ayer's crew finished slightly in the lead...
...prospect that the Corporation and the Board of Overseers may in the near future avail themselves of the right to extend the present limitations of the franchise in the election of Overseers gives interest to the regulations in force in other universities where the alumni are allowed to participate in the election of governing boards. The machinery by means of which such elections are conducted at Yale and at McGill University in Montreal is interesting both on account of the rules governing eligibility at these universities and because both allow the voters to send their ballots by mail if they...
...ballots must be properly filled up, signed and returned to the Registrar on or before April 20. The terms of office of all elected Fellows begin September 1, except in cases of election to fill vacancies. The terms are arranged to fall in such a way that as near as possible to one third of the elected Fellows retire each year
...stretches of nearly a mile each down stream in the lower basin, Bullard's crew finished slightly in the lead. At the Union Boat Club, Sanger was put in place of Smith at two in Ayer's crew; and in Bullard's crew, Dunbar replaced Lloyd at three, and Cunningham took Phillips's seat at two. On the way back, the two eights took the mile and seven-eighths stretch. At Harvard bridge Bullard's crew had a slight lead, but going somewhat out of the course to keep near the launch, finished over a length behind Ayer's crew...