Word: regatta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hiker, made from peeled alder, which he pays industrious Dover-Foxcroft youngsters 20? a staff for reaping. MacArthur drills a hole for a compass, brands the name on the side and plans to sell each walking stick for $1.95, with a suggested retail price of $3.99. The alternative-vehicle regatta, now in its fifth year, is never far from its sponsor's thoughts. Every June, at MacArthur's urging, riders on two, three or four wheels - variously powered by electricity, methane, charcoal, chicken fat or even sewer gas - race 6,288 ft. to the top of Mount Washington...
...books (and when are the feds going to do more than press release it, hmm?) - he tapped out a letter to Amy Carter. Since the adults were being so obtuse, why didn't Amy and her chums - the consciences of the future - stage an alternative-vehicle regatta on the White House lawn? In due time a postcard made its way to Brown's Mill with a picture of Amy on one side and a message on the other: "Thank you for being my friend, Amy Carter...
...CHAT: Lightweight coach John Higginson has announced his retirement after six seasons at the helm, four Eastern Sprint crowns, and an outstanding 24-3 record...Jeff Cooley has been elected to the lightweight captain's post for the '79 campaign...Harvard lightweight four and junior varsity eight invade Henley Regatta in England this week.... Radcliffe lights competing in Nationals at Seattle...
...Harvard freshmen had a disappointing weekend. Entering the regatta as heavy favorites, the first freshman boat won their heat by a hefty six seconds but lost by 1.9 seconds in the finals to a strong Northeastern boat. They appeared to have suffered from the loss of one of their strongest rowers on Tuesday due to disciplinary probation. Parker said the freshmen had rowed extremely well while admitting it had "been a pretty hard week for them...
Even to the hardy coxswains born and raised on the windy Charles, the winds gusting to 40 knots were rather intimidating. Rough conditions in the morning worsened during the day, and by the time the regatta was stopped in the early afternoon, three stake boats had blown off their moorings in the supposedly sheltered cove at the start...