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...leap of 22-ft., 6 1/2-in., followed by Co-Captain Gus Udo and senior Jimmy Johnson, who finished second and third respectively. The Crimson also took the first two places of both the triple and high jump, with Udo winning the hop, skip and jump competition, freshman Doug Boyd winning the high jump and senior Mark Henry taking the runner-up spot in both events...

Author: By Becky Hartman, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Thinclads Dominate Tri-Meets; Slay Hapless Columbia, 9-0 | 4/18/1983 | See Source »

Freshman Rudy Buntic had one of his most successful days of the season, winning the pole vault with a vault of 15 feet, six inches. Fellow Yardling Doug Boyd won the high jump...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Men Thinclads Whip Yale, Women Edged Out | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...University of Colorado made its offer to Limerick last December after spending two years searching for a replacement for a retiring History professor. Boyd Hill, chairman of the Colorado History Department, said yesterday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Westering | 4/8/1983 | See Source »

Spinney's boss was the now legendary Colonel John Boyd, a rebel so fierce in his beliefs that he was sometimes called "the mad colonel." Boyd organized the so-called Fighter Mafia, a group of officers who insisted that the service ought to develop a lightweight, fairly simple, relatively inexpensive combat plane. Boyd taught Spinney that the cost and complexity of weapons are no accurate guide to their performance in combat. But clear thinking like Boyd's was rare in the Air Force bureaucracy. Tired of running into intellectual brick walls-and afraid that some of his superiors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pariah at the Pentagon | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

...Program Analysis and Evaluation office. That office was originally set up by Robert McNamara to provide hard-eyed advice about whether the weapons plans of the armed services really made sense. Spinney says he was attracted to the Analysis and Evaluation office because of the chance to work with Boyd again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pariah at the Pentagon | 3/7/1983 | See Source »

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