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...result, the action is anaerobic, which fires the arm muscles quickly. "It's not as complicated as the normal stroke, and uses fewer muscles," said Coach Leahey, adding that it is "very hard work" The stroke rate is also faster man a regular crew shell, about 90 strokes a minute...
...ticket would provide a neat, superficial image of Democratic solidarity. On the other hand, Mondale could pick a woman. New York Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro or San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein (see TIME, June 4) would provide a major-party ticket with gender balance for the first time, in one stroke countering Mondale's reputation for timidity and, perhaps, galvanizing women to vote Democratic. Or he may take the standard approach and pick an uncontentious male who would offer simple geographical and ideological counterweight. In any event, Mondale said last week, the choice is "the most important single...
...addition, the stroke rate is much faster than a regular crew shell, which averages somewhere in the 30 strokes per minute range. In Hong Kong, the crews will average 90 strokes a minute during actual racing, though the highest they've done thus far is 76 per minute...
...LONDON. Conn.--In 1930--maybe it was 1929--the Harvard combination freshman-upperclassman crew led Yale by six boat-lengths when the stroke, the person whose timing everyone else in the boat was following, collapsed in his seat...
Stanley W. Swaim '31, who stroked the junior varsity that year, nodded in agreement as Hollingsworth explained the secret to the boat's success. "The reason we won the race--it wasn't that difficult" he explained calmly. "The stroke was so good before he collapsed that he had us miles ahead...