Word: races
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...light of day; here that I received my bride. Here my dead lie buried, pillowed among the everlasting hills. I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all, I love her because of her indomitable people. They are a race of pioneers who almost impoverished themselves for the love of others...
...Thomas Esmonde and his Lady Anna Frances delayed the sailing of the Cedric for eight minutes, because they had forgotten some jewels as ancient as King Charles II. A taxicab race was a feature of the recovery...
Such was the fate of the Pinta, owned by Yachtsman W. J. Curtis, who last summer sailed his ship from New York to Santander, Spain, in a race for the Queen of Spain...
...Pinta did not win the trans-Atlantic race. It took her 25 days to sweep across the treacherous calms of the ocean; the Nina and the Atlantic had both reached Santander earlier. The Pinta was manned by a crew of eight amateurs and a paid hand. One of the former, Alfred F. Loomis, described the excitements of their cruise in the current issue of the Sportsman...
...October 5, an inter-dormitory race will be run. All Freshman dormitory members, whether out for cross-country or not, will be eligible...