Word: oars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...only race this year, B.U. lost to Princeton by three seconds while beating Pennsylvania, Barnard and Notre Dame. In that race, however, the Terrier bowman caught her oar on one of the buoys that line the Princeton course, and it took her five strokes to get back into the race...
...were neck and neck with Princeton, and the caught oar let them pull away," Bakinowski said...
...actual holder is clouded. Stock controlled by the Bank of New York may be in the name of Lerche & Co.; stock controlled by First National City may be in the name of Dooling & Co. The State Street Bank has 99 such nominees, many with nautical company names: Oar, Jib, Halyard and Bilge...
...limelight and recognition, finding its way on the cover of Parade and onto WideWorld of Sport, out-publicizing the publicity mongers from Harry Parker's den of masculinity, reaching parity from the pure sweat and anguish of eleven months of looking at the same back and tugging the same oar, braving New England winter temperature an July humidity in an inexorable quest for Moscow. Radcliffe crew, which attained Moscow in the nick of time, finishing up one season a month before the next would begin, closing out success after success with the satisfaction of knowing that despite the disparaging commentary...
Here's an analogy that may make it more understandable. I watch crew racing quite often out there on the Potomac River. You know, if you get involved in crew racing, you're on the team. I pulled my oar a long time. Suddenly I realized the race was over, and that we were going the wrong way. But you know what happens when you drop your oar? It may throw you out of the boat. Well, finally I did drop my oar, and I've been trying to swim to shore ever since-through...