Word: tides
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Ninety-six rowed a rather uneven race, several of the men rowing different strokes. Ninety-eight and Ninety-seven spurted prettily toward the finish, but for the rest their work was poor. The day and the condition of the water could not have been better for the race. The tide and wind both favored the crews slightly, though not enough to make any appreciable difference. At about six o'clock the crews were stationed near the Longwood bridge, preparatory to starting. Ninety-seven had the best course on the right bank, with Ninety-eight, Ninety-six and Ninety-nine strung...
...upper courses the Seine flows in broadly sweeping curves, and it continues meandering and serpenting until it gets some distance below Paris. In its lower courses it pursues a nearly straight line until it reaches the ocean, where it is tidal. The tide rushes up in a wave which is strong enough to capsize a small boat...
Godey's, the oldest of the magazines, follows the good old custom of proffering Christmas confections in their proper season. The December number is notable, therefore, with Yule-tide fiction and verse, besides such seasonable articles as "Holiday Decorations," "Christmas, Past and Present," and "Christmas Day in a Japanese Go-down"-this latter richly illustrated by C. D. Weldon. Perhaps the chief feature of this number is, however, an extensive account of the great "Federation of Women's Clubs," a forerunner of the January issue, which is to be a special "woman's number." Beaumont and Fletcher's dramatic critique...
Scattered along the shore are small hills, covered with a stunted growth of trees, or left entirely bare; behind these, marshes have grown through which the sea sends tide streams. These marshes, in the days of the early settlers, were the hay fields, and even now cattle feed upon them. Upon a marsh the new part of Boston has been built and in other adjacent places attempts are being made to use this marshy land...
...that time both the Harvard and Yale crews will have had nearly a month of steady work under about the same conditions of water and tide as those in which the race will be rowed. This practice will be about the only real steady work Harvard has had. The almost continuous line of misfortunes which has followed the crew from the very first goes far towards lowering their chances of success. They are improving rapidly, however, and are sure to put up a good race...