Word: raft
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...tennis community too, freethinking Soviets are multiplying. Olga Morozova, the pig-tailed pioneer who occasionally popped into grand-slam finals during the '70s, now coaches a raft of promising young countrymen and -women known as the Glasnost Gang. The most precocious gangster is Natalia Zvereva, 18, who is also the most perestroika-emboldened. She has won $515,000 professionally, but since much of it has been diverted into state coffers, she gripes, "I still don't have enough money for a Mercedes." When last seen, Zvereva was stomping back to the Kremlin to have it out with her agents...
...past three years, Leverett House has had the pleasure of laughing at your feeble and pathetic attempts to make a showing on Raft Race Day. Each year, we have scoffed at you all, easily and rightfully walking away with the coveted Raft Race trophy...
...more than 300 pairs of shoes per raft...
...challenge exists. You may either permit the Raft Race to dwindle into the sort of event favored by Administrators, grandmothers and the pony-riding milquetoasts of Eliot House...or preserve the original intent of this, the last true bastion of fun at Harvard. Nothing short of House pride is at stake here. Those who do not will have to live with their sheepish unworthy selves for yet another year. We challenge you all to take to heart the motto of the Three-Time Champion Leverett House Raft Race Corps...
...Leverett House Raft Race Corps