Word: brakeman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...father started out shining shoes, mowing lawns and "watching cars" in that estimable neighborhood. When he eventually found formal work, ultimately as a brakeman on the railroad, it carried him far from home for considerable stretches. With a willow switch, Mary took charge. "She applied some disciplines just for discipline's sake," recalls Jackie, "like making us wear our clothes back-to-back. 'Why the same thing two days in a row?' I'd plead. 'Can't I stagger them?' 'No,' she'd say. 'This is the rule of the house...
...exotic as the Jamaicans seem, their lineup can't match Prince Albert and his brakeman, a casino croupier. Although he is Monaco's Olympic representative and entitled to royal treatment, Prince Rainier's son lives in the athletes' Village, where he introduces himself as plain Albert. "Fabulous," he says of his first Games. "I just wish I was driving better." That sentiment would be endorsed by the Portuguese, who had difficulty keeping one of their sleds upright...
Harvard sophomore Paul Wylie, the United States' number two male figure skater, will compete in figure skating competetions. And James Herberich '85 will be a brakeman on the second U.S. bobsled team...
...Vigne, the wait finally ended yesterday. La Vigne, who thought he had made the team as a brakeman on the third U.S. sled, was removed last week in favor of professional football player Willie Gault. La Vigne was in the process of appealing his case to the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Bobsled Federation, but was reinstated yesterday as a non-competing athlete...
...James F. Herberich '85, the brakeman on USAII, said he does not expect Gault to be put intoone of the top two sleds, a move that could removeHerberich from his position...