Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Pennsylvania coxswain called the stroke up to a 38-minus. Harvard up from 35 to 38, and up again to 40. Things began to change...
...backwoods trails as a hunting vehicle. It is comfortable, fast as a rabbit and already immensely popular (one estimate places the number in use at 10,000). But where do they come from? Only when the car starts is its genealogy revealed: beneath the skin beats the shrill, short-stroke engine of the lowly Volkswagen...
...superbly controlled, powerful Penn junior varsity last week took Harvard by two lengths. There was never any question about the victor, as Harvard could not settle down the stroke to an effective racing cadence. A steadier Harvard junior varsity could do strikingly better against the Red and Blue tomorrow, but is doubtful that they can do well enough...
Harvard coxswain Paul Hoffman then called a power 20, and moving ahead one seat on each stroke, the Crimson broke Pennsylvania. As the crews passed under the high-swooping, rust-orange bridge marking a half mile to go, it was Harvard by four seats...
...Harvard power 10 just after the bridge finished Penn for good. Penn experienced timing problems throughout the race, with the port side of the beat noticeably rushing the stroke's cadence. The Crimson's time...