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...Harvard heavyweight crew raised $480 for the Boston University rowing program, which B.U. officials have threatened to eliminate unless the oarsmen raise...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Desaulniers to Face Khan In Boston Squash Open | 11/9/1979 | See Source »

House crew is friendlier than its regimented cousin across the river. In a varsity boat, oarsmen signal they are ready to row by barking, "bow, two, three..." House oarsmen are more akin to the Mouseketeers: "Brad! Kathleen! Liz! Liam...

Author: By Steven D. Irwin, | Title: Back of the Head | 10/26/1979 | See Source »

There have been several such changes in strategy--though none quite so dramatic--since 1972, when Harry Parker coached a heavyweight beat with six of nine oarsmen from Harvard to second place in Germany. Every year since, almost all of the nine have reassembled in Cambridge for another shot at rowing glory in the Head of the Charles Regatta...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Battle of (Aging) Titans | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

...Charles will become the rowing mecca of the world Sunday when more than 3200 oarsmen ply the river in the 15th Head of the Charles Regatta before an expected 60,000 spectators...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: 3200 to Join Charles Regatta | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

...intensely competitive world of rowing, the Head rates as more of an afternoon for enjoyment more than Every year the organizers award the Paul Revere Point Trophy to the organization--both colleges and clubs compete--that amasses the most points in the 18 different events, but oarsmen concede the medium, not the metal, is the message of the Head...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: 3200 to Join Charles Regatta | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

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