Word: although
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Although Countryman did not officially win any events, he finished second behind Bobby Hackett in the 1000-yd. freestyle and narrowly trailed Columbia's Pete Scaturro in the 100 free. Two events after the 100, the Yardling from Newark, Del., stormed from behind to capture the 500-yd. freestyle, but was not credited with a victory because he was entered in the event as an exhibition contestant. Countryman's times in the 1000 and the 500 (9:29 and 4:37) earned him the third and fourth positions, respectively, on Harvard's all-time best performances list...
...sour notes in last nights game were the absences or Jon Garrity and Bobby Fowkes. Both suffered injuries in practice this week and will probably not see action Saturday--although Fowkes says he will "try to play." Garrity's absence forced a slight realignment of the forwards as Rob Burns centered with wingers Rick Benson and Derek Malmquist to form the fourth line...
...Yale goal at the opening of the second half proved to be the only tally as a disorganized Lowell soccer squad met defeat for the first time this season. Although individual players turned in good plays at times; the squad was unable to work as a cohesive unit to mount an attack...
...coalition seeks, for the most part, to work for change within the system, i.e., the Democratic Party. The abundance of Kennedy buttons and workshops like "The Platform Process and Political Action Committees" made that clear, although some participants, like Barry Commoner and his "Citizens' Party," have written off the Democrats as a total loss and gone elsewhere. While DA leaders, like William Winpisinger of the machinists union (and heads of the Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition), are eagerly jumping on Kennedy's bandwagon, some of the younger activists seemed less anxious to embrace Teddy...
...dioxin is only one of hundreds of poisonous chemicals that have been seeping out of more than 40,000 industrial dumpsites across the nation And, although many of the exact sites and chemicals have already been identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in the vast majority of cases the federal agency has done nothing to stop the pollution. Instead, reports one EPA official, "There's been a cover...