Word: rowe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Later the Ranee, clad in a thick grey wool skirt and a sand-colored velour tunic, sipped gin from a Venetian goblet in her tiny, cramped studio, told what the Raja's cession was all about. "My daughters," she beamed, indicating a row of family portraits on the mantelpiece. "That's really why. We've got three gorgeous daughters (thank God for them) but no son, though God knows we've tried hard enough...
...twelfth victory in thirteen starts, the Crimson quintet steamrollered a weak Northeastern five Wednesday evening at the Indoor Athletic Building by a score of 82 to 25. Coach Al McCoy's Jayvees won their game from Governor Dummer Academy 45 to 35 for the third doubleheader in a row for the basketballers...
...yacht for war purposes, the fabulous Gene McDonald has lived ashore and lumped it, a subdued family man who sticks to a couple of beers, plays with the children while his wife studies Russian and music. His most strenuous recent struggle: a safari last week to Washington to row with the FCC over FM wave lengths...
Everybody wrangled; few cared if the neighbors overheard. Even as the United Nations General Assembly gathered in London, the U.S. delegation reached unanimity only after a noisy row...
...master of ceremonies was Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. In the row of admirals' heads in the paneled Navy Department board room, his cotton top stood out like a white flag. While Secretary Forrestal smiled approval, 60-year-old Admiral Nimitz formally presented the new cast of characters now taking over from 67-year-old Admiral King's war-weary team. As things go in the Navy, the accent was decidedly on youth: the new high command averaged five and a half years younger...