Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...members of the Harvard men's heavyweight crew who had planned on spending Christmas break in Egypt never got to make the trip, as a bureaucratic mix-up by Egyptian officials kept the team from taking part in the Nile International Regatta last month...
...members of the Harvard men's heavyweight crew and coach Harry Parker will visit Egypt from December 20 through December 28 to compete in the eighth annual Nile International Regatta, Parker said yesterday. Harvard and the University of Washington will be the only American crews entered in the race, he added...
Harvard has appeared in the Regatta, formerly called the Nile Rowing Festival, five times, Parker said, and has won three of the contests...
...Egyptian Ministry of Tourism cooperates with the Egyptian Rowing Federation in sponsoring the Regatta, which consists of two races, Parker said. The first race will occur on December 23 at El-Aksur, the ancient Egyptian capital located 450 miles up river from Cairo. The second race will occur on December 27 at Cairo...
...Bertha" stereotype: the concept of a fast mixed eight can be understood only as being made up of four men and four pseudomen. The team of men and women that I know only missed a couple of buoys; Herzenberg's eight would have been disqualified by the Regatta Committee at the starting line. --Cynthia Strong...