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Word: regatta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...varsity race will be the climax of an afternoon-long regatta, which will begin at 2:30 p.m. The weather bureau predicts far better racing conditions than prevailed last week, when the 150's were postponed until after dark...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crews Face MIT, BU This afternoon | 4/30/1949 | See Source »

Seven Radcliffe oarswomen will have no boat to get up the creek with unless someone donates a shell for them to use on the Charles in the Eastern Collegiate Rowing Association regatta on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Radcliffe Navy Up a Creek; Appeals in Vain for a Shell | 4/27/1949 | See Source »

...three-quarters mile grind will be the finale of a six-race regatta which will keep the oily waters of the Charles churned up most of the afternoon...

Author: By Bayard Hooper, | Title: Crew Faces Princeton, Rutgers, MIT in Opener | 4/23/1949 | See Source »

Before strong and shifty puffs on the Charles River yesterday afternoon, the varsity sailing team was able to win second place in the annual Greater Boston Championship Regatta for the Oberg Trophy. MIT won with a total of 106 points; Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailors Place Second In 6-College Regatta | 4/20/1949 | See Source »

Last fall Chuck Yeager was asked to help dedicate an airport in West Virginia, his home state. Flying down from Wright Field in an F-80 jet fighter, he found the Kanawha River at Charleston crowded with a motorboat regatta. Chuck roared down the river, 20 ft. above the boats, at almost 600 m.p.h., shot under a highway bridge, did two slow rolls, and zoomed out of sight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Man in a Hurry | 4/18/1949 | See Source »

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