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...know I get kind of a kick out of everybody talking about the 'big, strong Navy crew,'" Ullrich mused. "Well, this may be one of the strongest crews I've had, but let me tell you, we were probably the lightest crew out there. We only average 187. Harvard and Penn are right...
...Harvard sailors were hampered by severe weather conditions and unfamiliarity with the East River. On Saturday large wayes bothered the New England teams, and a stiff 30 mile-an-hour wind on Sunday especially hurt Reeve and Putnam-the lightest combination in the regatta...
Their skin is stiff. Their soles are thick, leaden slabs. Their tongues rival those of aardvarks, and their lightest step can be deafening. It is easy to see why they are called "monsters." And it is all but impossible to miss them. Great, galumphing, paralyzingly ugly, monsters are nonetheless the most visible shoes around today...
...chemist and now to the psychiatrist, lithium is a fascinating substance, the lightest of all the solid elements. Its compounds have had a discouraging history in medicine. Last week, however, lithium carbonate was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of mental patients in the overexcited mania phase of manic-depressive psychosis...
...heaviest Harvard crew in history takes to the Raritan River, in New Brunswick, N. J., this afternoon against the lightest competition it will have to face all year-Rutgers and Brown-but you won't find Crimson coach Harry Parker taking the race lightly...