Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President McDonald's other stroke solved one of radio's most persistent problems: how to sell farmers who have no electric current and dislike hauling their batteries to town for recharging. Last June President McDonald heard of two Iowa farm boys near Sioux City who had worked out a miniature windmill-generator. Radioman McDonald went to see Brothers John & Gerhardt Albers, helped them form a company, contracted for their entire output. Since then Zenith has sold no less than 200,000 farm sets equipped with "Winchargers...
...Stroke Thomas Judge of Manhattan College's crew reluctantly admitted to that the coxswain of the Rollins College crew that beat Manhattan last fortnight was a girl - Sally Stearns, 110-lb. brunette from Peterboro, N. H. "Gee," he said, "you'd never have guessed it to look...
...week as a spectator. If, sitting in the locker room after he had finished playing, he had chanced to read it, Golfer Harry Cooper of Chicago might have felt reassured. Cooper had just posted not 287 but 284. This was the best score ever made in the Open, two strokes better than the record made by Chick Evans at Minikahda in 1916. only one stroke over the British Open Record made by Gene Sarazen in 1932. The only golfer in the field who still had a chance of beating it was an obscure young Italian professional named Anthony Manero...
Today Coach Whiteside concentrated on racing starts against the Freshman boat. In the rougher water of the New London course, the Yardlings and the Jayvees have been experiencing some difficulty in keeping the boat level, but have been increasing their power at a padding stroke. The program calls for a two-mile time trial for the Freshmen on Thursday with the Second Varsity boat furnishing the opposition...
...Stroke, France C. Lawrence '39; 7, David Scull '39; 6, Thomas L. Talbot, II 39; 5, Robert B. Watson '37; 4, Benjamin B. Kirkland '39; 3, Lawrence Mills '37; 2, George von L. Meyer, III '38; bow, Chandler Hovey, Jr. '39; cox, Alvan...