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Yale made its move on Radcliffe, picking up five seats midway through the race. The heavies then moved on the Bulldogs (6:31.8) in the sprint and gained two seats on them, taking their stroke up to a 37-38 rating. But Radcliffe fell short at the finish line, crossing with a 6:33.6 time...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Bulldogs Bite Oarswomen at the Finish | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...learned a lot over the last 10 days at Redwood Shores and in training, and as a result, we're faster now than before," stroke Juliet Thompson said. "Being one and a half seconds behind Yale is encouraging. The finals at Sprints are going to be a dogfight...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Bulldogs Bite Oarswomen at the Finish | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...special soft spot for him because he had said that Cry, the Beloved < Country was the only Christian novel that he was ever able to read. I heard him again in 1955, at the Jubilee of Kent School, Connecticut. He had had a stroke, and delivered his paper sitting down, hiding his powerless left hand under his right. His audience was deeply affected, for they were witnessing a triumph of mind (or soul) over matter. And the mind was as clear as ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: A Literary Remembrance | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

Indeed, it was probably the biggest win ever for this Radcliffe fivesome, which consists of Rorer. Allums. Jennifer Honig, Hye-Jin Lim and stroke Jillian Buriak...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: Those Greatest of Challenges | 4/21/1988 | See Source »

...think any of us have ever been so happy, not even when we won in San Diego," stroke Jillian Buriak said. "Katia [coxswain Rorer] was saying that we should just try to have a good race for ourselves, but when we were up on them after the first ten strokes, there was no way we were going...

Author: By Lori J. Lakin, | Title: Oarswomen Second at Redwood | 4/19/1988 | See Source »

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