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Word: stroke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard finished with a 786, fifteen strokes behind Princeton. Penn State had a final score of 777 while Colgate finished one stroke in front of the Crimson golfers. Scores are determined by summing the top five scores from each team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Golfers Lose Eastern Crown Bad First Round Kills Hopes | 5/12/1969 | See Source »

...Portuguese Premier Antonio Salazar appeared on the balcony of his palatial Lisbon house to greet the crowd that had gathered to honor his 80th birthday and the 41st anniversary of his rise to power. It was the venerable strongman's first public appearance since he suffered a massive stroke seven months ago, and for a moment he looked like his old imposing self, raising his right hand in a characteristic gesture. Later he appeared on television, and in a pathetically feeble voice thanked the nation for its concern for his welfare. No one has yet told him that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 9, 1969 | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

Harvard plans no strategy changes and will row at its usual high stroke for the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heavies, Lights Row In Eastern Sprints | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

...lights rowed to an impressive victory--their fourth straight this year--behind stroke Dave Harman and cox Bill Terranova...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Lights Brighten Weekend By Smashing Yale and Princeton | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

...Crimson's time over the 2000-meter course was 6:46 followed by Yale's 6:50.5, and Princeton's 6:57.5. The Bulldogs and the Tigers just were overpowered by the lightweights' strong stroke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Lights Brighten Weekend By Smashing Yale and Princeton | 5/5/1969 | See Source »

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