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...then came Dolson in the 880. The large, hirsute junior opened up a large lead in the first 440, then held on in the stretch amidst chants of "Beast! Beast!" from the rabid crowd...
...does Craig Beling find time to study amidst his stardom in three varsity sports every year...
Baker is operating amidst what he concedes to be "a lot of political danger." Unless he can get a majority of Republican Senators with him, he risks attack as a traitor to his party by such G.O.P. conservatives as Strom Thurmond and Paul Laxalt. That could damage, if not destroy, any chance of his becoming the Republican candidate for President in 1980. Says Baker: "The key to the thing is to assure people we are not sacrificing the security interests of the United States...
...Amidst the excitement generated by the new corps of human hydroplanes who inhabit the IAB this year, one man's role in rebuilding the Harvard swim program seems to have been overlooked. That man is Pete Orschiedt, who in his brief one year stint as hard coach last year managed to round up all but one of the red-hot freshmen who have thrust Harvard onto the national swimming scene this season...
...stands out as an example of Joel's tremendous talent as a vocalist/instrumentalist/composer. From the slow, ballad-like start to the well-rhythmed second section, to the rapid, light-rock middle of the song, Joel controls all the elements of his music as he reminisces about high-school days. Amidst a superb clarinet melody and the fantastic saxophone that Richie Cannata always adds to Billy Joel's music, "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant" remains brilliant...