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April 16, 1979

No Theme, A Lot Of Steam

It wasn't the Year of the Crab or the Snake or even, thank Heaven, the Frozen Momentum, but textless Harvard rowed fiercely to beat everybody at San Diego

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The next afternoon he got into his stroke seat and helped freeze the momentum of Cal, Wisconsin, Penn, Brown and Navy. Later, after Gardiner had beat away at Mission Bay with his fists, he was asked, "Would Harry have criticized your starts today?" and the stroke replied, "I very much doubt it." Then he went off to do what young Harvard oarsmen are supposed to do after such days—drink beer, talk about Harry Parker and dream of dynasties.

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