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Word: sinks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...possibility that the Bollesmen can sink the Elis and thus set a precedent is great, with an experienced, smoothly working eight pulling the Crimson-tipped oars this spring. The paper odds that quote Yale a slight favorite on the strength of its spotless record should prove a help to the Crimson, for the Elis do not deserve their top-dog rating, and the psychological effect on Harvard should be an asset...

Author: By Joseph P. Lyford, | Title: CRIMSON NAVY AIMS AT FOURTH STRAIGHT VICTORY OVER UNDERFEATED ELI TOMORROW | 6/22/1939 | See Source »

...immediate falling back of the Harvard boat to third place. Penn was already far in the wake. The crews reached the finish with the Big Red a length in the lead and Harvard and Syracuse second in a dead heat. The Quaker and the Cornell shells immediately started to sink while the foundering oarsmen made for the launches. By constant bailing, the Syracuse and Crimson eights managed to keep the water from lapping at the gunwales inboard until they reached the boat house...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Rain, Sleet, Hail Pelt Varsity Eights as Cornell Crew Snaps Crimson's String | 5/29/1939 | See Source »

...German war fleet was last week prowling off the coast of Spain. In that fleet were two 10,000-ton "pocket battleships" which, in case of war, would make ideal commerce raiders. In all the world's navies there are but five ships that could catch and sink a pocket battleship and one of them is the Repulse. The others are the Renown and the Hood, both of which were last week laid up for repairs and renovation, and the fast, 26,000-ton French battleships Strasbourg and Dunkerque. Moreover, if war caught the Repulse on the wrong side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Royal Voyage | 5/8/1939 | See Source »

...with art treasures for New York's World's Fair, $15,000,000 in gold for American depositories, fire struck France's third largest ship again. Because the Sûreté Nationale had been warned by an anonymous letter writer that saboteurs were out to sink French Line ships, because fires have become too frequent on French ships to be accidental, Frenchmen felt positive that the burning of the Paris was the work of foreign agents who do not want her used for military purposes if and when war comes to Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Jinx | 5/1/1939 | See Source »

...Hasty Pudding and Pi Eta Club shows are the parlor of Harvard dramatic entertainment, the various House plays are certainly the kitchen sink. In comparison, the House plays are poorly mounted, poorly drilled, and poorly east. But therein lies their beauty, the appeal of the dramatic ugly duckling. Somehow the joy of knowing the actors personally, and of watching them blow their lines makes for entertainment which a more professional show cannot offer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 4/21/1939 | See Source »

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