Word: crosswinds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...race course was shortened from the normal 1500 meters to approximately 1400 meters, beginning below the Northeastern boathouse and finishing at Peabody Terrace with two bridges in the middle, because a strong quartering headwind (in between a direct crosswind and a direct headwind) worked havoc in the basin, making in unrowable...
...gangplank. This is the year the "barren ground" liberals like Mike Dukakis and Jerry "Jarvis" Brown are discovering precious little sustenance from the earth they scorched in a vain attempt to hold off the advancing barbarians. This is the year the swell for labor law reform hit a crosswind; the year natural gas deregulation came in a gusher. This is the year of The Great Temptation to trumpet a Right-Wing Trend. Well, get thee behind me, Satan. Because this is a year like most years in American politics...
Rowing in a stiff crosswind, Parker's unit led all the way defeating the Dutch crew by 2 3/4 lengths and covering the one-mile 550 meter course in 6:35. Third in the event was a strong eight from Wisconsin...
Mystified by the tricky Soldiers Field courts, irritated by a persistent crosswind and generally frustrated by Harvard's refusal to lose a third set, the Quakers watched the Crimson methodically destroy their EITA hopes Saturday...
Racing conditions were hardly ideal. A stiff crosswind and cold weather made the Charles a miserable place...