Word: saws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...result of the draws, the 'fifties had a race against the Crowland Rowing Club when the Regatta opened on July 1st. Like the rest of the week's four racedays, the first day saw the sort of weather which made this summer England's best of the century. The pink and white blazers, the school stripped caps, and the garden-party dresses which always decorate Henley during the Regatta were for once in harmony with the climate. The redcoatted band, the funfair, and the bars were all operating at full tilt as the first shells glided past the green riverbanks...
...Harvard was on the verge of football greatness. The years intervening between the first contest with Dartmouth and the first loss to the Big Green saw the Crimson develop into one of the foremost gridiron powers in the country. Harvard-Dartmouth scores ran as follows: 29 to 0, 70 to 0, 74 to 0, 38 to 0, 43 to 0, 64 to 0, 16 to 0, 48 to 0, 16 to 0, 36 to 0, 22 to 0, 4 to 0, 13 to 0, 21 to 0, 11 to 0, 27 to 12, 16 to 6, and finally...
...varsity managed to emerge with a win, a loss, and two ties. In 1908, Percy Haughton took command of the Crimson's football fortunes, and Harvard embarked on an era of renewed gridiron prominence. That fall the Crimson edged the Green, 6 to 0, and the next two clashes saw the varsity's margin grow to nine, and then 18 points...
Balloting in the General Assembly was suspended for two weeks after a see-saw race developed. Turkey's three-vote edge, its best showing so far, gave the West new bargaining strength in the intense diplomatic maneuvering for the seat on the 11-nation Council...
Answering the question of the forum, "Nixon as President: Statesman or Politician," Harold E. Clancy, managing editor of the conservative Boston Traveler, said he saw no inconsistency in Nixon's stands...