Word: headwind
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...couldn’t expect to be rowing pretty and feeling nice,” Eiermann said. “You have to have some guts and just go after it. When we hit the headwind, we stayed very strong. [Senior coxswain Dexter Louie] made some very good calls...
...time the crews reached the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge, the Crimson had a clear advantage and used the remaining time to expand its lead, finishing the 2,000-meter race in 6:10.7, while the Huskies came in at 6:21.2.“It was a pretty stiff headwind today,” said varsity eight stroke Simon Gawlik. “Coming off the line, Northeastern hung with us for a good bit, but we were able to get up on them and continuously increase our margin. It seemed like we handled the conditions a little bit better...
...Back at home, the lightweights faced more rigorous competition. Navy and Harvard met on the blustery Charles with a prevailing headwind, but the Crimson and the Midshipmen remained unfazed by the conditions...
...headwind slowed the times down a little, but we’re used to rowing in tough conditions and so is Navy,” captain Jeff Overington said. “It didn’t affect our rowing...
...profit on the transaction: See, he's big enough to admit mistakes, the commentariat cheered. It would help his rescue team if the bailed-out bankers followed his lead, stepped up, helped out, for we are in a race against chaos and Obama can't afford a populist headwind. But instead they dodge and weave and work the system, and the parade of titans called to account before congressional committees say things like "I am not in a position to comment in any depth on the subprime crisis, particularly because of pending litigation...