Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...They'll come down." John was always there. He was her anchor...
Since the Communist takeover of Eastern Europe after World War II, the Vatican has sought - largely in vain - to anchor the rights of Roman Catholics in Iron Curtain countries through protocol and concordat. Only lately has the realization seeped in that written agreements with Communist countries are the start, not the finish, of diplomacy - and that painful compromises are part of a tough bargain. Four years ago, the Holy See announced an elaborate formal agreement with Hungary that was supposed to mark the beginning of toleration for the country's 7,000,000 Catholics. But priests remained jailed...
Pete Billia gave the cadets a lead after the first leg, but Colburn and Enscoe narrowed the margin to only a yard as the anchor men received the batons. Shaw was, running for the Crimson against Larry Lemaster, the winner in the 600-yard run. Shaw attempted to pass Lemaster on three straightaways, but Lemaster refused to yield and hit the tape half-a-yard ahead of Harvard's ace to give his team...
...yard freestyle and the 200-yard free, recording times of 49.1 and 1:54.0. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, he swam the fastest 100 yards in Harvard history, but a premature start caused the Crimson to be disqualified, thus making the record unofficial. Despite Ackerman's strong anchor leg, Harvard would have lost that relay even if not disqualified...
...Chiefs took the lead early in the meet, winning the 400 yard relay by five seconds despite a 50.1-second final leg by Harvard anchor man Bragg. The one-two finish by Krause and Hughes in the 1000 yard freestyle evened the score at 8-8, and thereafter Harvard steadily increased its lead by winning seven consecutive events...