Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Most of the time, Washington overestimates China's importance. Even though the "China card" is no longer needed to help the West balance the Soviet Union, Bush credits Beijing with major international influence. In the months after the Tiananmen massacre in 1989, he twice sent high-level delegations to stroke the Chinese...
...Crimson soundly beat them, as well, thanks largely to Caughay. Before Sunday's regatta, Caughay was a member of the junior varsity boat, but for the Sprints, he was summoned to the varsity as the stroke. The transition marked the second year in a row that Caughay was promoted for the Sprints...
...horrible," stroke Rachel Lerner said. "But we managed to stay ahead the whole way. We kept expecting them to creep up on us but they just never made a challenge...
...were nervous," stroke Carrie Edwards said. "We heard that Yale was not as strong this year, but we've had races before where we weren't expecting much and got unpleasant surprises. We took this race seriously and it went really well...
...slightly shaky start, but it went great," stroke Laurisa Shappell said. "We switched the lineup around this week and it really made a difference...