Word: rowing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Subsequently, the boat that called itself "Beautiful Cox," supposedly a tribute to its female coxswain, cruised through the Sprints, holding off a Navy challenge, and came away with the Cornell Trophy for the 13th year in a row...
...employees, Carlson is part saint, part demon. He works tirelessly, and expects nothing less from subordinates. His executive row is nicknamed Ulcer Alley. Managers must meet monthly profits targets or file "deviation reports" explaining how and why they were unable to do so. An annual four-day show-and-tell fiesta at the sprawling company lodge at Minnesuing Acres near Superior, Wis., also spurs executive performance. Corporate officers are required to recount how they have or have not met their sales goals of the year. Recalls a former employee: "Carlson would chew you out for three hours straight while others...
...very difficult to row the body of a race when you're down," senior coxwain Susie Peterson explained later. "The race went exactly as planned--we were just a little too far down...
...race is not to row frenetically high," varsity stroke Jeff Brown explained after Sunday's loss. "We will row more our own race" at the Sprints. The duel promises to be a classic, coming down to a final 500-meter sprint...
Captain and J.V. six-seat Jeff Cooley said that the group is in control of its destiny. "It is up to us to decide to row as professional and precise a race and win as big as possible," he said...