Word: oarsmen
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...Leaving the road behind, I entered a strange world where water is seasonal king and the only transport is a large, cane-covered canoe known as the country boat. For seven hours we plied deeper into Gopalganj subdivision in southern Faridpur district. The two wiry oarsmen found their way by taking note of such landmarks as a forlornly decaying maharajah's palace and giant butterfly nets hovering like outsized flamingos on stilt legs at water's edge...
Over 1200 oarsmen and women, young and old, novice and experienced, will compete this weekend in the annual Head of the Charles Regatta scheduled for Sunday afternoon...
...only true handicap race in the day's schedule is the first race for veteran oarsmen. In that event an oarsman will receive a six-second handicap for every year of age over...
...apparent last week that the U.S. team was perhaps facing its toughest competition ever. The first surprise came in rowing, an event in which the U.S. copped six of seven first-place medals in the 1967 games. All but scuttled by crack crews from Argentina and Brazil, the U.S. oarsmen were unable to pull to a single victory. Unimpressed by Abner Doubleday's national origins, a seasoned Cuban baseball team then defeated a squad made up of U.S. collegians 4-3. The biggest shocker of all, though, happened in basketball, a sport in which the U.S. is supposedly invincible...
...Though there have been setbacks for Harvard this year, the boat has rowed well, losing the Adams by 1.8 seconds and the Sprints by 3.6 seconds to the strong Navy oarsmen...