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...higher stroke rate was a blessing in disguise however, as Harvard began slowly to inch its way past the Tigers, gaining with every stroke...

Author: By Andy Quigley, | Title: Lights Top Rivals... | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

Radcliffe took the first ten strokes at a 43, followed by 20 more at a 39 beat, before stroke Alison Hill settled to a 37 for the remainder of the race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ...And 'Cliffe Finishes Sweep | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...Crimson stroke Ned Reynolds then settled down to an unexpectedly high cadence of 36, a rate he maintained throughout the body of the race, two beats higher than the 34 the team had planned...

Author: By Andy Quigley, | Title: Lights Top Rivals... | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

...waiting crowd, Spínola, who had been one of the country's best guerrilla fighters, entered Republican National Guard headquarters for what was reportedly a polite, even friendly talk with Caetano, who had governed Portugal since 1968 when Dictator António de Oliveira Salazar suffered a stroke. (Salazar died in 1970.) To emphasize the continuity of power despite the coup, the general went to Lisbon's Portela Airport the next morning to bid farewell to Caetano, Thomaz and their senior Cabinet Ministers; they were jetted to exile on the tourist island of Madeira...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Whiff of Freedom for the Oldest Empire | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

Parker will be sending to the starting line the same eight that has been successful thus far this season: coxswain David Weinberg, A1 Sheahy at stroke, Steve Rowe at seven, Dick Cashin at six, captain Dave Fellows at five, Ed Woodhouse at three, Tiff Wood at the four spot, Ollie Scholle at two and Blair Brooks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heavies Face Navy, Penn Saturday for Adams Cup | 5/3/1974 | See Source »

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