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...Varsity was clocked in 6:55 over the Henley, with Cornell crossing at 6:55.8. There was no sweep of the Charles, though, for the Ithacan Jayvees led the Crimson to the finish by three seconds, or three-quarters of a length. Earlier the Freshmen nosed Cornell by a scant second and the 150's left Tech far behind. A light easterly breeze kept the times well above the course record in all the events. Cornell gave the Crimson a run for its money, and in the three races it entered, Cornell's total time was 1.2 seconds better than...
...finished in front of Cunningham, although the distance between them was more easily measured in feet than in inches. Last Wednesday Haines shook up his Jayvees, moved Bill Drury up from the thirds into the seven slide, and the results began to show when on Saturday Cunningham had a scant two feet over Abbot for the year's first upset...
...lank, lonely, youngish man last week found a job, and a good one. Washington at war had scant time and no consideration for Charles Augustus Lindbergh as he shouldered his solitary way through hotels packed with scurrying Government clerks, hurrying businessmen...
Burditt, who prepared for college at Lyons Township High School, is the second tallest player on the squad standing six feet, three inches while weighing a scant 155 pounds...
...night General Gordon Bennett's sampan had bumped into a seagoing junk carrying six British officers. The General's party switched to the larger vessel, set an uncertain course for Sumatra. The torn page of an atlas was their only chart. Dawn found them in waters a scant half-mile from a Japanese-held island. Their food and water were nearly gone when an Allied launch picked them...