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Word: stroke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before a crowd of 5000 Harvard began the race stroking at 33 and gained an early deck length on Vesper, rowing at 32. California at 44 was in third and Yale followed at 37. At 500 meters Harvard had raised the stroke to 36 and retained a slight lead over Vesper, stroking at a fast...

Author: By Peter R. Kann, | Title: Vesper Boat Club Crew Triumphs, Deprives Crimson of Olympic Berth | 7/14/1964 | See Source »

With dozens of former African colonies and territories declaring their independence since World War II, the ceremony has become more or less ritualized. And so it was last week in Malawi, formerly the British central African protectorate of Nyasaland, now African nation No. 35. At the stroke of midnight, as fireworks lit the sky over Blan-tyre's Central Stadium, the Union Jack was hauled down in the presence of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In its place rose the black, red and green banner of the newly sovereign nation of Malawi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Malawi: Nation No. 35 | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

When his father suffers a fatal stroke, Jonas Cord Jr. (George Peppard) rushes straight home from the factory to make a pass at daddy's flammable blonde wife, Carroll Baker. "You wouldn't dare!" she screams. But in a movie like this, a statement like that means let's dance. In no time at all, the lady appears in black chiffon to ask: "How d'ya like my widow's weeds?" As the girl eventually transformed into Rina Marlowe, a doomed Hollywood sex goddess, Actress Baker seems uncertain about which actress living or dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Low & Inside | 7/3/1964 | See Source »

Harvard, which has polished off every major crew in the East, faces two major hurdles in the four-day trials. The most formidable is the unbeaten University of California, which utilizes the revolutionary short, high-speed stroke with which a German, shell dethroned the U.S. in the 1960 Olympics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Eight Prepares For Olympic Trials | 7/3/1964 | See Source »

...Harvard varsity lightweights won their Thames Challenge Cup heat today, whipping the Mortlake Anglian Boat Club by 3 1/2 lengths, with a 7:12 clocking for the mile, 550 yard event. The Crimson had the situation so well in hand that they eased up their stroke to 28 for the final quarter-mile of the contest. On Wednesday the crew scored an equally easy romp over the National Provincial Bank Crew of London...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Oarmen Breeze at Henley | 7/3/1964 | See Source »

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