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Harvard's traditional sweep in the shot put was interrupted by Northeastern's Sandy Burke, who took a surprisingly easy first place with a winning hurt of 15.84 meters. Harvard's senior co-captain Kim Johnson took second with a 13.10, and freshman Marie Acacia was third with a 12.83 throw...
Senior co-captain and undefeated Kim Johnson will face her toughest opponent yet in Northeastern shotputter Sandy Burke, who has already notched throws of well over 50 feet. Freshmen Marie Acacia and Kathy Durante will battle with competitors from B.U. and Northeastern to maintain their traditional second and third spots...
Harvard sweeps also occurred in the shot put and the 800 meter distance, as senior co-captain Kim Johnson overcame the flu to hurl a 43 ft., 8 3/4 in. winner, and freshman Kathy Durante and Marie Acacia took second and third with efforts of 37 ft., 1 1/2 in. and 39 ft., 5 1/4 in., respectively...
...addition, the Crimson has the potential to sweep the shotput in every meet. Senior co-captain Kim Johnson will be joined this year by two outstanding freshmen--Marie Acacia and Kathy Durante--and the trio could well outclass all of its competition. Acacia is the New York State indoor shotput champion, and Durante is an accomplished discus and shotput thrower in her own right...
...idea occurred to Kortlandt, 62, in 1976 on a dig in Ethiopia at a prehistoric site. Resting in the shade of a thorny acacia tree, he realized that a short bipedal creature could easily enough break off a branch covered with hooklike thorns, and wave it as a weapon; lions, Kortlandt knew, stay clear of thorns. To test his theory, he journeyed to the Kora National Reserve in Kenya and set large chunks of meat covered with thorn branches near a pride of twelve lions tamed by George Adamson of Born Free fame. The lions approached and batted tentatively...