Word: weathers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Conn., June 3--The Crimson eights had their longest workout of the season yet this morning when Coach Whiteside sent the University and Jayvee boats through an eight mile workout. Taking advantage of the fine weather, which continued today, the crews rowed another six miles during the late afternoon, finishing with a half mile race...
...Conn., June 2,--The Crimson practice season on the Thames began this afternoon when the four University rights which arrived here late yesterday took to the water for the first time. Good weather conditions favored the Harvard oarsmen in their first workout on the river, and should they prevail, Coach Whiteside will be able to put his charges through their paces unhindered by bad weather, a factor which bulks large in the short time which remains before Harvard and Yale meet on June...
...torpedo planes approached wing-to-water, theoretically launching torpedoes at the dreadnaughts from close astern, wheeling back through the smoke to safety when their work was done. Planes catapulted from the battleships sought to repel these two types of attack but were greatly outnumbered. Though obviously favored by perfect weather and the arbitrary plan of the "battle," the Navy's overhead forces had easily "stolen the show." As a final touch, a plane from the Saratoga equipped with a special hook flew up to the silvery dirigible Los Angeles which had been idling aloft all day, and attached itself...
...trade route to Brazil, landed at Pernambuco after 62 hours. The time from Friedrichshafen to Rio de Janeiro was six and a half days. Besides being her sixth Atlantic crossing the flight was a two-point triumph for the Graf: 1) proving the dirigible equal to tropical weather; 2) making Latin-America "Zep-minded...
Despite disagreeable weather conditions which made the Charles just choppy enough to make rowing uncomfortable, the Crimson first eight practiced as usual yesterday afternoon. It was the last time the oarsmen will row in Cambridge, Coach Whiteside having given the squad the rest of the week free from practice. On Sunday the University boat, together with the Jayvee and Freshman eights, leave for Red Top, there to prepare for the regatta with Yale on June...