Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...have rowed less than two seasons in the single sculls are in the Novice Singles or class three. Class four is for men under 155 pounds who row singles...
...first class in the competition, called Senior Singles, is mae up of men who are qualified for the Thirty-Minute Club. To qualify for the club the oarsmen must row from the Anderson Bridge to the Arsenal Bridge and return in 30 minutes. This course is about four miles...
...Inflation. I bought him a drink, then three more, at Frank's tavern, and he told me how tough things were these days along Skid Row. "It's the inflation," he said, "a guy can't make a living on the bum any more. You gotta have 15 to 20 bucks a week. Used to be you could walk into the Shamrock and lay down 11? and the barkeep would pour you two stiff shots of rye. Now it costs you 20? a single shot at Frank's or Jack's or the House...
Said C.I.O. President Phil Murray: "That isn't a labor dispute. It's a row between capitalists...
...row was between the gold-plated Air Line Pilots' Association, whose high-priced members were getting as much as $10,000 a year and wanted up to $19,800, and 13 of the nation's airlines. Unlike most unions, the pilots' association wanted to bargain with each airline individually. Unlike most employers, the airlines wanted to bargain as a group. Nub of the dispute was the speed, weight and payload of new planes, notably the Constellation. The pilots wanted more pay for flying the faster four-engine planes...