Word: impairment
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Dates: during 1901-1901
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...rapid stroke had been condemned so much before 1876 that the change was thoroughly approved; and it is worthy of note that those who had had the experience of both distances reached conclusions directly opposite to the views now advanced by Mr. Storrow. Nothing has occurred since to impair the soundness of the reasons which induced the adoption in 1876 of four miles as the distance. The longer race is a better test of the rowing ability of the crews, for the longer the race the more skill in rowing, and especially in crew rowing, counts, while mere individual strength...