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Word: slimmest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Sailboats of all sizes raced at Glen Cove, L. I., in the annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club. The tallest, slimmest and most famous of them all, Harry Payne Whitney's Vanitie, always sails against the Resolute and often wins. This time it won but was disqualified for failing to cross the starting line properly. At Southport, Conn., Princeton beat Yale and Harvard in a race of eight-metre boats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Boats | 6/25/1928 | See Source »

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