Word: beating
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worry about the excesses of plot. A.L. Levine is what this book is all about, and Halberstam's hero rises to beat back any challenge. Levine is a marvelously charming character: a poor Jewish orphan who works his way up from the seediness of the Bronx to the sweaty good times of a travelling salesman in the South, onward into the cushy, three-piece suited life of a millionaire real-estate developer and Democratic Party kingmaker, stopping off in countless bedrooms at every chance. Weaving together flashbacks and scenes from Levine's suddenly conceived campaign for the Presidency, Halberstam chronicles...
...There were times when I'd sit out there on the sidelines, with five guys ahead of me and only practices on the scout squad getting my head beat in to look forward to. You begin to wonder whether it's all worth...
There will not be an easy opponent in the entire league, however. Brown should be the team to beat, followed closely by Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, and even Columbia. Yale stands to give the Crimson the least trouble but that game can never be taken for granted...
...tenth nationally last year, and should still be strong if a replacement for New York Jet rookie Gregg Robinson can be found. The linebackers, led by All-League aspirant Jell Hickey are strong in the Dartmouth tradition, the secondary experienced. And, as is always the case, if Dartmouth can beat Harvard for the first time in half a decade, its entire season will be justified...
...came in the 400-meter medley over former Record Holder Ulrike Tauber, 20, who won the gold medal in Montreal. The medley is the most technically demanding event in swimming, requiring mastery of four separate strokes and three different types of turns?the test of the compleat swimmer. Caulkins beat Tauber by an astonishing seven seconds, finishing nearly half a pool length in the lead. In the 200-meter medley, Caulkins smoothly shaved 1.02 seconds off her own world mark. Too nearsighted to see the Scoreboard, she had to get a teammate to explain the reason for the crowd...