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Word: stroke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...concertmaster is to an orchestra what the stroke oar is to a crew. He sits closest to the conductor (coxswain), takes his orders direct, sets an example to the other players. NBC sent for Mischakoff because, when Arturo Toscanini arrives to conduct Radio's proudest symphonic programs, the NBC Orchestra must have a stroke of the calibre to which the old maestro is accustomed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: NBC's Stroke | 5/10/1937 | See Source »

Freshmen: stroke, Henry Curwen, Robinson Stevens, Walter Kernan, Phillips Hallowell, John R. Richards, John Rowe, Harry Wood, Gaylord Dillingham, and George Shortlidge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale, Columbia Favored in Hep Meet in Stadium This Afternoon; Eights Also Facing Light Blue | 5/8/1937 | See Source »

Jayvees: stroke William Rowe, William Dearborn, Reginald Kernan, Dudley Talbot, Thomas Choate, Robert Watson, Richard NInde, Peter Brooks and Edward White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale, Columbia Favored in Hep Meet in Stadium This Afternoon; Eights Also Facing Light Blue | 5/8/1937 | See Source »

...stroke George Lewis, Richard Burnes, George Meyer, Ralph Hamill, Edward Ahrens, Mark Dall, Robert F. Mozley, James Gilkey and Robert Proctor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale, Columbia Favored in Hep Meet in Stadium This Afternoon; Eights Also Facing Light Blue | 5/8/1937 | See Source »

Varsity: stroke James Chace, Paul Austin, Douglas Erickson, John Gardiner, John Clark, Robert Wolcott, Roger Cutler, Willism Haskins and Captain Edward H. Bennett...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale, Columbia Favored in Hep Meet in Stadium This Afternoon; Eights Also Facing Light Blue | 5/8/1937 | See Source »

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