Word: oar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When she finally said, "way 'nough!" I collapsed in my seat, hands blistered and shriveled, and soaked with a combination of river water and sweat. Almost immediately we broke out the booze and paddled back to Weld--oar in one hand, beer in the other--to cheers from the crowd that remained. Only now did I notice that the 1979 Head had been the last race for my sliding seat, which cracked and lost a bolt at the finish line. Somebody was on our side. In fact, we had finished in 19'33", not particularly good for the Championship Eights...
...three years, which will be published this fall. His next book may well take longer to write since Vonnegut, summering on Long Island, has taken to canoeing just as he did as a boy on an Indiana lake. "It is especially pleasant," he explains, resting on his literary oar, "not to paddle but to let the wind take you. It blows you into this bird and that bird...
Harry You was huddled in his coxswain's position. His eyes were glazed with tears, and his lips were pursed to hold back a sob. The powerful engine room was hauntingly silent. Hap Porter blinked back tears while Charlie Alterkruse hurried off, oar in tow. Paul Templeton, in the bow, looked worn--he too was ready...
...were a little more careful than usual and our stroke was a little lower, but Navy and Penn were catching crabs [improper oar entries into the water which slow or even stop a boat] right and left, so we had to be careful," Gardiner added...
...tried our best to give it to em through the first 1000," two oar Kelly Ronan said. "We caught a little water, but we came motoring in. It was really strong--it felt good...