Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...seven years as a civil-service commissioner. The day Dwight Eisenhower was inaugurated she resigned for good, the "last leaf," she said cheerfully, on the New Deal tree. Last week, her accomplishments part of the fabric of American social reform. Frances Perkins died in Manhattan at 83, following a stroke...
...Crimson heavies' victory over the Big Red, in 6:10.4, was the greatest margin in the history of the sprints. And it was attained without much trouble at all. After starting at 42, the crew settled down to a 22-34 stroke and was beyond reach early is the race. Cornell frantically stroked up to 33 during the race, but could not close the gap, finishing...
...only loss of the day came when favored Cornell defeated the varsity lights by a length in 6:21.2. That race was close for a while, but with about 600 meters left, the Ithacans pulled out despite a faster Harvard stroke. But this was no surprise, since Cornell's varsity lights had not been defeated in twelve races over two years...
Harvard's freshman lights battled with Cornell all the way, but in the last 200 meters increased their stroke to 40 and won in 6:25.2 as M.I.T. took second in a photo finish...
Harvard's lightweights normally row a higher stroke than Cornell's eight. With the benefit of a tailwind, they could sustain the high stroke for the full 2000 meters and beat Cornell. If the wind blows the other way, it will be impossible to sustain a high stroke and the Crimson will be forced to row at Cornell's pace...