Word: shell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year ago a world which had shrugged off pestilence's, earthquakes, and threats of bigger and better wars to come was rocked perceptively when it picked up its morning newspaper and read that a reputedly anemic Yale crew had beaten an "invincible" Harvard shell...
...Bolles on the other hand, has toyed with his Crimson combination only once, and then briefly. Early in the crew's stay at Red Top he switched Ollie Iselin to the J.V. beat, Ted Anderson to five oar in the varsity shell, and Steve Hedberg, the usual varsity five, to three--Iselin's old spot...
...Gifford's duty to telegraph to the port side the same rhythm which stroke McCagg sets for the entire shell on the starboard side. This he has done very well, partly because, after rowing behind McCagg all last year, he now apes him so excellently that he even imitates his mistakes...
...streets of Manila, once shell-pocked and littered with rubble, are smooth again and crowded with new cars. The Quezon and Jones bridges across the Pasig River are handsomely restored; the Santa Cruz and Ayala bridges will be restored by next year. Manila's shops bulge with almost every American product from tomato juice to tractors. But despite all signs of rebirth, the Philippines are in trouble...
Cornell had grabbed a slight lead at the start by holding its high opening count of 40 for 15 strokes while the Crimson shell settled to 31 1-2 after an initial ten strokes...