Word: finish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...centered about the second and third shells, which have yet to be separated by more than a half length in competition. Saturday the margin between stroke Jack Wilson's Jayvee outfit and Bus Curwen's third boat was estimated as about five feet by the manager who ragged the finish...
...shells stroked by Wagner and Wilson jumped ahead at the start, but by the first half mile Wagner had a length's lead over the Jayvees, and at the finish the Varsity went over the line with perhaps two and a half lengths of open water between them and their nearest adversaries...
...Curwen's third eight, composed mainly of members of last year's successful Freshman boat, fell back badly at the start, but then successively overhauled the fourth and second shells. About a hundred yards from the finish they seemed about to repeat their upset victory of a week ago, but a last-minute spurt by Wilson's Jayvees sent them over the finish, victors by a very scant margin...
Under a special arrangement, students may serve three summer months in the Marines, return to school in the fall to finish their studies and then go back in the succeeding summer to complete their military training...
...week is Ride Red Ride by the old Mills Blue Rhythm band, which includes Red Allen, Buster Bailey, and J. C. Higginbotham. For a real "killer" tune, you can't go wrong on this. It's played at a breakneck pace, and is a fight to the finish, although it's hard to say who wins (OKEH) . . . Fats Waller turns out more insane novelty on "All That Meat and No Potatoes and Buckin' the Dice, latter including tenor sax by Gene Cedric. One of these days people are going to realize what a mean horn he plays (BLUEBIRD...