Word: ported
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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After the third quarter, Dartmouth worked to windward far better than their opponents, footing best on the port tack. It looked from the spectator fleet as though Harvard had picked up a lobster...
...Iviza in the name of General Franco, Britain held her peace for the reason that Minorca, easternmost of the three islands and most important with regard to Britain's lifeline, remained safe in Leftist hands, and Minorca has about the finest natural harbor in the Mediterranean at Port Mahon...
Besides Eddie Bennett at cox, the crew lost Paul Austin at 7, Kernan at 4, Cutler at 2, and Haskins in the bow. This fall John Clark has been moved to 7 from his former port post, Bill Huenekins and Huzz Hovey are at 4 and 2, while Bill Dearborn has been holding down the lighthouse post...
...Japanese advance on land toward Shantung had approached so near its capital, Tsinan, last week that prosperous Chinese families were fleeing with their household goods by rail to the port of Tsingtao. Farther inland General Yen Hsi-shan, famed "Model Governor" of Shansi Province, was reported to have ordered the execution of his subordinate General Li Fu-ying, Commander of the 61st Chinese National Division, for abandoning Tatungfu to the Japanese without a fight after being ordered to hold it at all costs. Under terrific Japanese bombing was Governor Yen's capital Taiyuan. In Suiyuan Province still farther inland...
...dodged into their auto, sighted Mingalone three miles farther on, lost him once more while honking their way through a snarl of excited autoists on the Maine backroads. One motorist yelled that Mingalone's course had shifted him seaward. Another had spied him whipping along toward North Kennebunk Port...