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Word: 12th (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...darkhorse candidates at best. But, if Hackett can withstand the physical stress of swimming five events, and Coglin, Jack Gauthier, and Julian Mack are as sharp as they were at the Easterns, anything could happen. The 800 quartet surprised many in the swimming world last year when they finished 12th...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Eight Aquamen Bound for NCAAs | 3/22/1979 | See Source »

...twelve when a train ran over him. He began riding around in a goat cart, selling newspapers. In the mid-'30s, he left the Depression-ridden South and moved to Washington, D.C., where he established himself on a wooden platform on F Street between 12th and 13th Streets. He joked and chattered and begged for his living. Women shoppers often took pity on the legless panhandler, and one of them, Evalyn McLean, owner of the Hope diamond, gave him a capuchin monkey named Gypsy. It did tricks for what Bernstein called his "clients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: The Monkey Man | 3/12/1979 | See Source »

Freshman distance-man Chris Hancock improved his times in all three of his events, most impressively in the 1650-yd. freestyle, where the Ottawa, Canada, native clipped nearly 45 seconds from his previous best, clocking 16:17 and finishing 12th...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lesser-Known Stars Shine at Easterns | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

Right behind the ailing but still awesome Hackett was Crimson freshman Tim Maximoff, who sailed to the silver in 15:41.12, missing the qualifying time for the NCAA championships by only a second. Harvard's Mike Coglin and Chris Hancock finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the timed final to give the Crimson a 53-17 edge over Princeton in this event...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Swimmers Swamp Tigers at Easterns | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

Walker: On the other hand we see a continued Soviet fear which is not new--ever since the 12th or 13th century Mongol invasion--of encirclement of themselves. We see the Soviets feeling an American-Japanese-West European encirclement. It's worth point out that if we were in the same position, we would seek to gain the respect and support of Afghanistan and surrounding regimes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Triangle Diplomacy | 2/16/1979 | See Source »

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