Word: berthe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...haunting ring to them. All-Ivy bookends Russ Savage and Bob Baggott have graduated after three standout seasons, and a mad rush for their two spots has ensued. Several sophomores emerged in preseason drills, and small (190 Ibs.) senior Dan Binning may have a shot at a starting berth. Look for the drop end concept to be erased from the Crimson defensive formation--it simply looks like no one of Baggott's caliber will come through...
...year, 1-0 to Delaware in a rain-shortened six-inning game called after a six-hour rain delay. Brownie's 10-1 slate and second-in-the-nation ERA (just under 1.00) earned him third-team All-American honors, though. And lefty slugger Mike Stenhouse earned a berth on the first-team All-American squad for his record-busting year...
...there is a stunning view of cold, moonlit mountains bending down to a deep bowl of dark water: Valdez Harbor, Alaska, the end of the endlessly fought-over trans-Alaska pipeline. Far below sits a cluster of saucer-shaped storage tanks. Pairs of fat aluminum pipes stretch toward shipping berths 500 yds. out from shore at the tip of long, brightly lit piers. At one berth, the black shape of a tanker lies like a beached whale being fed intravenously. The tanker is hooked to four hydraulically powered feeder lines. All night long it will suck crude...
...most sensible way to get around Europe is to use its incomparable railway system. The 15-hour high-speed train trip from Paris to Rome costs only $53, plus $7.82 for a couchette berth, plus $13 for cooked-aboard dinner. Every Western European country has offices in the U.S. where the tourist can buy lower-price tickets in advance. Example: for only $115, the American who plans to visit Germany can buy a rail pass good for 16 days of unlimited travel...
...John's smoked favored Temple, 15-6, in the final game of the NCAA Northeast Regional baseball playoff Sunday to win the six-team tournament and gain a berth in the College World Series in Omaha. Harvard had been eliminated from the double-elimination tourney after losses to Delaware, last Wednesday, and St. John's, Thursday...