Word: yachted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Putnam, secretary of the Crimson yacht club, said yesterday he hoped to have some supporters on hand watching the races in spite of the cold weather...
...Charles River Basin, long the joint property of the Varsity crew and the M.I.T. dinghy feet, seems to be facing a possible consolidation of ownership these days. A rejuvenated Crimson Yacht Club has brought the mythical championship into dispute for the first time in nearly a decade...
...Bombay Royal Yacht Club, where no Indian could tread even as a member's guest, was about to close; the Government had refused to renew its lease. No more would the pink pukka sahibs and their leathery memsahibs stare glassily over the glassy bay. Gone from most of the smart hotels were the signs "Europeans only." In cool Simla, Indians now jostled along the Mall where 20 years ago no person in Indian dress would have been allowed...
...left for a weekend cruise on the presidential yacht Williamsburg, Harry Truman looked preoccupied and tired...
...into the bosom of his family, even though everyone agreed I was more responsible than any other single man for his being in the White House. Never was I invited to spend the night in the historic mansion. Only twice did I make a cruise on the Presidential yacht. . . . Never was I asked to join intimate White House gatherings. . . . Mrs. Roosevelt once said: 'Franklin finds it hard to relax with people that aren't his social equals.' I took this remark to explain my being out of the infield...