Word: ace
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Between freshman and sophomore years. Harvard's ace competed in the World Games in Berlin. This was the scene of his biggest triumph since copping the silver medal in the 1500-meter free in Montreal at the 1976 Olympics. Swimming on the USA 800-meter free relay squad, Hackett swam a 1:49.87 for the third leg behind Bruce Furniss and Billy Forrester. When anchorman Rowdy Gaines hit the wall, the foursome had a 7:20.80 for what is still the world record...
Then last week, in an extraordinary front-page mea culpa, the New York Times set about refurbishing Kerry's reputation. Headlined "New Evidence Backs Ex-Envoy on His Role in Chile," a 2,300-word article by former Times Investigative Ace Seymour Hersh, who still does occasional freelance pieces for the paper, reported that although attempts had been made by the CIA to engineer a military takeover in Chile, "none of this, it is now evident, was known to Ambassador Korry." What the Times failed to mention was that the writer who was clearing Kerry's name...
Sophomore butterfly ace Kathleen "Mad Mac" McCloskey is the highest seeded Harvard swimmer--holding a first place ranking in the 200 yard butterfly. Placed second in the 100 and fifth in the 50 yard contests, McClosky will be pressed by Laura Reynolds of Brown and Sharon Vietz of Yale in her attempt to take all three events...
...goaltending is the key to this year's tournament, the Crimson mentor Rita Harder has an ace up her sleeve, freshman sensation Cheryl Tate. Despite never playing ice hockey before this year, Tate boasts a 2.68 goals allowed average and has been virtually unbeatable of late, with a torrid 1.49 GAA since exams...
...only other Crimson wins of the day came from freshman Debbie Zimic in the 400-yard IM and from sophomore butterfly ace Kathleen McCloskey in the taxing 200-yard butterfly. Although McCloskey had no competition anywhere in sight, she pushed herself to a season low of 2:07.25 to take the contest a full seven seconds ahead of teammate Terri Frick, who finished second...