Word: stroked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tariff war last week gasped with surprise at the sight of a trim new regiment marching briskly and in close order out of the hard-harried Republican redoubts. From the sidelines few were the faces recognized in this detachment of fresh troops as it deployed and in one bold stroke captured the tariff battlefield under sharp Democratic fire...
...Palmer, veteran Blue center and stroke of the victorious Yale crew, who will match cunning and deception on the defense with B. Ticknor today. When Hall, regular Yale quarter, is not in the game Palmer will have the unique dual job of playing center and calling signals at the same time. He does this to relieve Booth of the extra responsibility of directing play...
...greatest problem confronting Coach Haines is the development of a new University four-mile stroke to fill the vacancy caused by the graduation of James Lawrence, Jr '29. The out standing candidates are P. H. Watts '31, J.E. Lawrence '32, S. W. Swaim '32, and R. W. Pearson '31. Watts rowed two in his freshman eight and last year stroked the first crew against Navy and Tenn and the jayvees against Yale Lawrence stroked the combination crew two years ago. Swaim was stroke and captain of his Freshman crew and last year stroked the University against Tech and Cornell...
There is no training for the oarsmen during the fall since the purpose of the rowing is for pleasure and individual instruction. There are no hard grinds with the possible exception of one or two long races at a low stroke during the last week of practise...
...Emperor by His Holiness Pope Pius XI; 3) That he planned, perhaps most sensationally of all, to become like other Prime Ministers, to exercise only a general supervision over the State. Eagerly the Fascist hierarchy waited for a definitive statement from Il Duce. It came straight as a lightning stroke: "No one will make the unpardonable mistake of thinking my ministerial changes mean any change in the policy of my Government ! Never before have I felt so strongly all the living actuality of the Fascist doctrine by which the state is centered in one person who is complete master. Some...