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...feet in length, twenty-four inches in width, and eight and three-quarter inches deep. Nothing definite is known yet about the rig. One new feature will be tried, however: the tiller lines will be so arranged that the coxswain can grasp the gunwales of the shell and still control the rudder. This will enable him to sit more steadily in the boat, and it is thought will prove a very useful arrangement...
About 1460 it is probable that the Turks gained control of Athens, and the temple became a mosque. Again no important changes were made in the architecture. The capture of Athens by the Turks had an unfortunate effect on the investigation of Athenian antiquities, for the Moslems were hostile to such investigations...
VIII. Annexation would give the United States complete control of the water routes of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River...
...Crehore, captain, has had water on the knee and has not begun rowing yet. All the other old men are either candidates for the university crew or have not yet presented themselves. The crew has all the faults that are peculiar to new men. They lack control over their bodies, and never having rowed in the water, are very irregular. The crew has been rowing somewhat as follows, although the make up is not at all decided as yet: Stroke, Vaughan, 160 lbs.; 7, Parker, 158; 6, Hubbard, 155; 5, Pulsifer, 168; 4, Hill, 160; 3, Gorham, 158; 2, Bigelow...
...Very irregular and should get better control of himself in better parts of the stroke. He is slow in getting his arms away at the finish...