Word: swent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...time than our crew and at the finish they crossed the line three lengths ahead amid the salutes of cannons on the yachts and the cheers of the people on the grand stand Their time was 20 minutes, 31 seconds, the best ever made. Fifteen seconds later Harvard swent across the line having covered the distance in time only slower by a second than the previous best record. Our crew rowed a remarkably fine race, especially when the necessary changes in personnel made so few days before the race are taken into consideration, but the Yale crew was too much...
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