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...soon became evident that this was to be no ordinary practice. Ten shells passed upstream to a designated spot where the stage was set for the show. At this place they spread out into two formations of five boats each, spaced about 100 feet apart...
...successful season last year, the Varsity crew was only defeated at the sprint distances once, when a Navy boat crossed the line with a lead of a third of a length, and beat Yale in a record breaking upstream race at New London...
...citizens who had dared to stay on until the last moment before Nanking's fall (see col. 2). Her job done and shells coming far too close for comfort, the Panay moved away, anchored beside three Standard Oil ships in a more peaceful spot, 27 miles upstream from the battle. It was not peaceful long...
...strokes to the minute. At the three-mile mark Yale frantically went to 34, then to 36, but Tom Bolles's first Crimson crew, ably stroked by Jim Chace, plowed impressively on to victory and a new course record of 20 min. 2 sec. for the four miles upstream...
...parent company bought the subsidiary's stock. Hearst Publications lists its goodwill (circulation, press franchises, reference libraries, etc.) at $38,000,000, some $30,000,000 of which represents write-ups. Out of Hearst Publications' $89,000,000 total assets, $75,000,000 consists of goodwill and upstream loans...