Word: beavers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Leave It to Beaver suburban world of the American '50s, the family and the child were enveloped in a cherishing mythology. Americans, it was even said, had grown obsessively kiddified; they were child-worshipers who sentimentalized their offspring in a complacent land of Little League and Disney. Toward the end of the Eisenhower years, the literary critic Leslie Fiedler wrote a lively diatribe about the "cult of the child," which he denounced as "this most maudlin of primitivisms...
Saltzman's teammates--Beaver O'Hara, Howard Nelson and Craig Peterson--finished fourth, seventh and eighth respectively, scoring an incredible 58 points for the single event...
...they call "Beaver" will have another pair of moments of truth tonight in the 100 free and the final, apocalyptic relay. In both races, O'Hara will accompany the Tigers' renowned crop of freestyle specialists (probably Alan Fine, Saltzman, and Howard Nelson) to the medals stand. The only question is exactly where they will stand...
...lead after the first race, however, on the strength of a two-three finish by two members of their stable of distance thoroughbreds, junior Andy Saltzman and freshman Craig Peterson. But while those two were leading the rest of the pack from the outside lanes, sophomore sensation Andy "Beaver" O'Hara--the man who upset Hackett on the last leg of the 400-yd. freestyle relay to win the meet for Princeton a year ago--was struggling to a surprisingly weak eighth place finish in lane five...
Freestylers Andy Saltzman, "Beaver" O'Hara, Alan Fine, and Howard Nelson are all returning finalists, and breaststroker John Christenson and butterflyer Bill Specht are both defending champions. Team captain Bruce Kone and freshman studs Ron Cummins and Craig Petersen will also score points. With this array of talent. Princeton must be considered the favorites in all three relays, which count for twice as many points each as individual events in the scoring column...