Word: slightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scant six feet. Then came clear weather, smooth sailing. Sachem and Nina, the first two yachts around Montauk Point, got the best wind after the turn. The Nina came in seven hours behind the Sachem, at night, but the Sachem had started at scratch because of her slight beam and because she carried no propeller. The Nina's time allowance was more than enough to put her ahead...
...June 12--After putting his two crews through a time trial yesterday, Coach E. J. Brown '96 gave his men an easy workout here this afternoon. In the morning both of the eights were put through a light practice with excellent weather conditions. The Thames was quiet and a slight following breeze aided the Crimson sweepswingers...
...eight went out for a longer paddle with Coach Brown working on racing starts. During this time the shell looked better than it has since its arrival here. There was no catch at the end of the stroke and the eight men were working well together. There was a slight delay in getting the boat into the water due to the fact that the float, which started leaking in the afternoon sank to the bottom of the river before it could be saved. This mishap made it necessary for the crew to launch the boat from the bank and most...
James Lawrence '29 set a beat of 30 and 31 as the Crimson sweepswingers stroked over the dark river. There was no wind to disturb the surface of the Thames, but a slight tide aided the shell. With a half mile to go, the stroke was raised to 38 for the final sprint. A tug and some barges loomed through the darkness and for the last mile the coxswain was kept busy avoiding the river traffic...
HERE are myths and legends of Capri made while you wait, and then unmade again with such rapidity that a slight but very pleasing sensation of madness overtakes you. You sigh with pleasure something goes lightly to your head, then: "Ah," you knowingly remark, "it is that Capri...