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BLADES The "paddle" at the end of the oar...
...second freshman race ended with Harvard catching a break to win in 6:04. Northeastern, which was about a half-length behind in the last 500 meters, caught an "over the header," which is when an oar gets stuck in the water and flips back over the rower's head...
...confronts you with the terrifying prospect of having to determine whether you have the will to stand up to the challenge or just shrink away. Indeed, rowing will educate you in a more valuable way than anything in the classroom can. The moment You resolve to pick up an oar, there's no turning back: you are committed to the very...
Second place may sound pretty impressive to those who have never picked up an oar and sweated blood-and-tearsalong with eight other teammates in equallyexcruciating agony, but not so for those involvedin the sport...
...bobbing" head passed just under the oar of McCarthy's teammate Shana E. McCormack '99, who was in the boat's seventh position, McCarthy said...