Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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These changes in the order of the boats are undoubtedly somewhat owing to the fact that Tuesday afternoon the College boat beat the 'Varsity on several short stretches, and in five minutes' rowing left them nearly two lengths...
Lieutenant Peary than explained the geological structure of Greeland and geological structure of Greeland and closed his lecture with a description of his ship and captains, the animals of the Arctic regions, and a short account of his return from a perilous sledge trip overland...
...Yale men tried to cover too much ground and failed to prove their case as they had outlined it. After a short conference the judges decided unanimously in favor of Princeton...
What was undoubtedly demonstrated in the race was the superiority of the long English stroke over the short professional one. Ninety-seven had an unusually powerful crew, but they rowed a very short stroke, and from the start were undoubtedly out of the race. For the last mile they rowed a very plucky race, Hollister doing the work of half the crew, but the stroke was outclassed...
Ninet-nine Weld rowed a short spurt of three hundred yards with the B. A. A. eight yesterday and won by a slight margin...