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JUNE 17: The 1976 Yale University rowing team, right to left (stern to bow), Gloria Graz, Jackie Zoch, Nancy Storrs, Chris Ernst and Carol Brown. (Photo by Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

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