Word: stroking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...With a stroke of his pen President Harding filled four vacancies-one on the Interstate Commerce Commission and three on the Railroad Labor Board. The labor seat, vacant on the Interstate Commerce Commission, was given to Frank McManamy, for 15 years in the service of the Commission and the Railroad Administration. The three vacancies on the Railroad Labor Board were caused by the expiration of the terms of one member in each of the three groups-representatives of labor, the railroads and the public. In the last two of these classes the President reappointed the men whose terms expired-Horace...
None of the matches were particularly closely contested with the exception of the play between W. G. Soule '25 and Dole playing six on the Green team. On the last nine holes Dole succeeded in barely nosing out his opponent winning by one stroke. Henry played the best golf for the Dartmouth team, turning...
...went the two leaders, veering more and more toward the Boston wall in order to escape the worst of the rough water. It was pretty clear now that the Freshmen had the race well in hand for at a 32 stroke they were able to gain on the University eight at 34. The strip of open water between rudder and prow of the two shells widened perceptibly as they neared the finish, and at the drop of the flag there was nearly 60 feet of it--a full two lengths' margin. Owing to the rough water the crews stopped rowing...
...Henley the Seniors had about a third of a length on 1925 A, and with a world of power behind each stroke seemed in a fair way to take the remaining distance by storm. With the right to race Yale at stake, the Sophomores rallied sharply and with half a mile to go raised the count to the neighborhood of 34 and buckled grimly to the task of making up the deficit. And they nearly succeeded in doing it, for the prow of the Senior shell cut the line barely 8 feet in front--a rather tight finish...
...started as though they meant to burn each other out. Both were doing close to 40 at the start, and quickly jumped ahead of the University 150-pound crew which, although rowing well, could not keep pace with its heavier opponents. The seconds had better proportion to their stroke, and slowly pulled ahead so that after three quarters of a mile had been covered they were nearly half a length to the good...