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...senior women on the J.V. boat it was a great way to end their rowing at Harvard," Carol Buttenwieser, the 105-lb. stroke of the J.V. boat, said. "Not only did we capture third, but it was the first time a Radcliffe boat had ever earned a mideal...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Crews Take Second, Fourth at Sprints | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

...seat, then they'd be up a seat." Kirkland stroke Wendy Sonnebend said. "In the last five seconds, though, they got it together and pulled ahead...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Eliot Cops 3 of 4 Titles In Fierce Crew Contests | 5/6/1981 | See Source »

...started at a 45-stroke-per-minute cadence and after the first five strokes high and 20 to settle, we had already gained back not only the stagger start seats but also another couple of seats," two-seat Kurt Teske said...

Author: By Peter G. Wilcox, | Title: Heavies Clip Navy, Keep Cup | 5/4/1981 | See Source »

...century is considered as a whole, the random individual events that are set down to luck or fortune form more coherent overall patterns; large historical forces become discernible. But entire societies should not mock luck either. The classic Mayan civilization disappeared so strangely, so precipitously, that some massive stroke of bad luck must have been at work-a sudden plague, say, a viral riot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Importance of Being Lucky | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

...President and the admission of newsreel and television cameras to presidential press conferences; of a heart attack; in Bronxville, N.Y. A former political reporter and press secretary to New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Hagerty joined ABC after leaving the White House, serving as a vice president until a stroke in 1975 forced him to retire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 27, 1981 | 4/27/1981 | See Source »

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