Word: breath
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...separation from the 10,000 men of Harvard and their 20,000 feet is not altogether undesirable. Far from working an hardship upon these tender maidens, the authorities have done an act of pure compassion. Who could, in the spirit of Harvardian gentlemanliness, wish upon his worst enemy a breath of Lamont air? David Gilfillan...
...Shoo, Shoo, Shoo." As the Queen arrived in Quebec City, all Canada held its breath. Sailing up the St. Lawrence from Prince Edward Island, where she began her eight-day visit, the royal yacht Britannia docked at Wolfe's Cove, and for a full hour security police combed the area before the Queen and Prince Philip stepped ashore. In a bleakly unceremonial freight shed, she inspected the honor guard, listened to a welcoming speech by Premier Jean Lesage, then climbed into a bulletproof Cadillac for the drive to the Quebec Parliament Building-and a reception as chill...
With three meets already in the record books, you still can't find a Wait Hewlett on this freshman team (i.e. a guy who has already caught his breath when the next fastest runners plod across the finish line). But the team standout so far is undoubtedly Stempson...
...Bruin senior drew a big breath of determination, sprinted by Ogden and Crain, and held on in the dash for the finish...
...short-pants set won't remember him, but those who pause for breath after climbing a flight of steps recall Jesse Owens, the Negro track-and-field star whose four gold medals left his Aryan hosts at the post during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Owens is 51 now, a Chicago marketing consultant, but, torch in hand, he puffed a few Manhattan blocks in track shorts to set the pace for 3,500 relay runners in a 3,100-mile cross-country "Run for the Money," to raise $1,000,000 for the 1964 U.S. Olympic team...