Word: putney
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Inter-varsity rowing, in the thoughts of all true Britishers, begins and ends before the U. S. rowing season starts-with "The Boat Race" between Oxford (Dark Blue) and Cambridge (Light Blue), over four miles of the Thames between Putney Bridge and Mortlake Brewery. Almost as much of a tradition as the boat race itself is its result. Before last week's race, Cambridge had won 13 in a row, lost only one since the War. After a false start, the race started out as usual last week: Cambridge, in the Surrey-side lane, pulled around the first curve...
While in Minnesota Swedes hold a gala country dance, big blond square-headed people singing and shouting and stamping and reeling. While in Vermont Ephraim Putney puts down "The Contry Gentleman" and rubs his eyes as he clumps in his loose old Congress gaiters up to bed. While in Florida a huge corps of painters, cleaning-women and janitors go over the Miami-Biltmore, working late to get ready for the coming rush. While overseas the bright young Mr. Eden scratches his head over the second major diplomatic crisis he has had to handle in a year. While Mussolini frowns...
...escaped the painted ladies) his course was marked with scandals. Greatest scandal did not break until after his marriage. The household of one of his followers had been broken up through a wife's infidelity, and Noyes had reconciled all parties, who went to live with him in Putney, Vt. There the unconventional religious views of the Perfectionists aroused hostility, but no knowledge of their sexual conduct reached the townspeople. With great gravity and high sense of moral earnestness, a general reshuffling of wives was arranged, continuing until most of the Perfectionists had new partners. Converts were eagerly sought...
...Newport, N. H., twelve skiers jumped on pine needles instead of snow. One Jack Holden of Putney, Vt. made the best jump-31 feet...
...Oxford celebrated a great crew victory over Cambridge, setting a course record of 18 min. 29 sec. In 1923 with 40 victories to 34, Oxford still seemed to have an uncatchable lead, in a. century of racing over the muddy 4 ¼ miles on the winding Thames from Putney to Mortlake. But for the last ten years, endless to Oxonians, the motley millions who roar from the banks of the river and from the big brewery windows, the tumultuous holiday crowd of picnickers, cheap-jacks, street musicians and acrobats have cheered "Caa-a-am-bridge!" as the light blue...