Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rowing three-quarters of a mile down-stream into a slight headwind, Howard Cushing stroked his eight-oared crew to the championship in the varsity's annual "Hollow Log Regatta." Bliss', Lincoln's and Walcott's boats followed...
...famed international Henley regatta...
Nathanson, competing for the Danmark Trophy in the International Dinghy Regatta on Saturday and Sunday, led the field with 110 points...
President Fulgencio Batista was a worried strongman last week. While he was awarding regatta prizes at Varadero Beach, a band of less than 200 uniformed men attacked the army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. Local troops drove off the rebels, pursued them into the hills and captured a cache of weapons and uniforms near Siboney. As the mop-up continued, casualties mounted to 82 dead and 36 wounded; it was Latin America's bloodiest revolt since last year's uprising in Bolivia (TIME. April...
...crew faced such a challenge. Navy, sprint champions of the East at 2,000 meters, faced the rangy oarsmen of the University of Washington, undefeated this season and determined to revenge their poor showing in last year's Olympic trials. Moreover, the three-mile distance of the Syracuse Regatta was made to order for long-ranging Washington, while Navy had not raced beyond a mile and three quarters all season. Posted conspicuously in the Washington boathouse was the sign: "Sink the Navy...