Word: 12th
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...then came Yale. The Elis, who had had their glory in the freshman race, never played much of a role. Captain Karl Fields led his team with a 12th-place finish, followed by Steve Anderson...
THAT mystical role has still not found its hero; perhaps it never will. It lingered long and lovingly when it happened upon Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, but then it moved on?still searching. Yet Nasser came closer to filling the role than any other man since the 12th century warrior Saladin or perhaps the powerful 9th century Caliph of Baghdad Harun al-Rashid. A burly, broad-shouldered army officer, son of a lower-middle-class postal clerk, Nasser overturned a rotting monarchy 18 years ago and brought visions of prosperity to his own country and hope for new unity...
...sword of Islam extended Moslem dominion across the Mediterranean basin. Arab armies broke the Byzantine and Persian empires and carried the crescent emblem of Mohammedanism as far west as Spain and southern France and as far east as India and the Chinese border. Saladin, a Kurdish warrior raised in 12th century Arab Damascus, defended the Holy Land against two Crusades. By the 13th century, the Arab people had forged a greater empire than Alexander the Great or any of the Caesars. With Europe engulfed by the Dark Ages, the Arabs became custodians of the world's culture and science...
CRIMSON photographers present at the various employee meetings took pictures of speakers and individuals in the audience. When asked to stop the photographers answered that the CRIMSON would not print any such pictures. However, these pictures appeared on the front pages of the May 6th and May 12th editions of the CRIMSON. Employees did not wish photographers to be present because of possible harassment and reprisals on the part of the Harvard Administration. Many employees will not come to meetings at all because they know what Harvard has done in the past to employees who try to organize. The CRIMSON...
...Purdy, playing behind Heisler, blasted a 250-yard drive off the first tee. and continued the heated pace until the end of his match on the 12th hole, just a few yards away from the Club House...