Word: halfway
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Halfway from the third bridge to the Cottage Farm Bridge the University and second crews hugged close to the Cambridge shore and went inside two rafts anchored about one hundred feet off shore, while the third crew passed outside both rafts and was passed by the second crew. Just after leaving the rafts the University crew raised the stroke to 33 for a time and further cut down the lead of the second crew to only two lengths of open water, this stretch being the first time the crew showed good form and got into the water quickly...
...eight drew away from the third and gained on the second with every stroke until at Harvard Bridge the second crew was only a seant length and a quarter of open water ahead. The third crew was by this time well out of the race, about six lengths behind. Halfway from Harvard Bridge to the finish the bow of the University boat lapped the stern of the second crew shell, the University crew rowing at this point a hard 33. The second crew fought hard, however, and the University eight was now only able to gain by feet. About...
...length over the first, and the third was given a length and a half over the second. At the finish the first crew was about ten lengths ahead of the third, and the third half a length ahead of the second. The first crew passed the other two halfway between the start at the Union Boat Club and the Harvard Bridge, and from here the race developed into a struggle between the second and third. As Smith was again out of the first crew on account of illness, Leslie went in at No. 4 and the men were changed back...
...Halfway House," by M. Hewlett...
...opinion and a request. We trust that it will not be misunderstood. It bears to the Faculty an organized expression of prevailing undergraduate sentiment, and asks that the students' wishes be not disregarded, but that in the ultimate solution of the difficulty they may be met at least halfway. We must now await quietly the outcome of our efforts...