Word: stroke
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...rower] physically sat on the bottom of Cornell's boat," stroke Matt Emans said. "He missed a couple of strokes and it allowed us to take an early lead. We continued to expand on the lead for the rest of the race...
...team swept the competition, finishing first by one stroke over Princeton and two over Yale. Leading the Crimson's charge was sophomore Luis Sanchez, who finished second individually with a six-over par 77, and junior Joel Radtke and senior Jack Wylie, who each shot...
...settled and sank," Simmons said. "We settled and never really got into a groove. Once you've settled into a bad rhythm like that taking the stroke rate up doesn't really matter. You're just spinning your wheels...
Lehman's case is just one of a spate of medical foul-ups that have made headlines in recent weeks. In two Florida incidents, a doctor amputated the wrong foot of a diabetic man, and a hospital worker mistakenly turned off a stroke victim's breathing machine. In Michigan a surgeon doing a mastectomy removed a woman's healthy breast instead of the diseased one. Are these isolated, if horrifying, events? Or could they be harbingers of a deadly trend? Though no statistical evidence shows that malpractice is on the rise, state licensing boards have stepped up their investigations...
Senior co-captain Tim Carver is the third Harvard swimmer who qualified for the national championships, and he will compete in the 100-meter back-stroke today and the 200 backstroke tomorrow...