Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...made friends with individual mud daubers. He became convinced that "adult females of this species possess a nervous system which, though tiny in size, enables them to remember, to learn, and to show individuality." Several were trained to eat a drop of honey from his hand. One let him stroke her while she ate. She became so fond of him that Dr. Shafer had difficulty keeping her away from an alcohol lamp with which he was working in the lab. Twice he had to put her out of the room. After the first expulsion, he reports solemnly, she sulked...
With MIT getting off on a poor start and BU as usual rowing at a high stroke, the Crimson jayvees rested in second place for a minute or two before they pulled out into the lead...
...javees increased the stroke from 31 to 38 in the sprint and finished in 9:07.6, seven seconds ahead of BU and 12 seconds ahead...
...expected, the high-stroking Terriers enjoyed an early lead, but by the end of the first eighth-mile Harvard was in command and Tech was a close second. With stroke Bill Curwen holding a 31 1/2 beat, the smooth Crimson shall had a half-length lead on MIT and began to open water on BY, which had faded fast to third...
...varsity boating: Scully, bow; Asp, 2; Reynolds, 3; Felt, 4; Anderson, 5; Strong, 6; Iselin, 7; Curwen, stroke; Waler, coxswain...