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...Harvard took a 17-8 lead into the 50-free, Cahalan's specialty. Cabalan won without much trouble in 22.0. and sophomore Paul Horvitz picked up a third. That put Army in an even deeper hole. "We thought we had a good shot in the 50 and 200," coach Jack Ryan said later, "but they really hurt...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Tankmen Slaughter Army, 84-29, For Upset Win in League Opener | 12/8/1969 | See Source »

After captain Mike Cabalan won the first of his two freestyle events. Springfield finally got a first in the individual medley when Doug Moulton won a see-saw battle with Harvard's Dave Powlison. Moulton was out front early, but Powlison moved ahead at the turn of the backstroke leg before Moulton moved up to first again on his specialty, the breaststroke, and refused to yield during the freestyle...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Swimmers Open With 73-40 Victory To Defeat Springfield 27th Time | 12/3/1969 | See Source »

Happy Days. World War II gave henequeneros a new chance. The U.S., through crop purchases, pumped over $50 million into the area. A smart Syrian merchant named Cabalan Macari set up twine and rope factories and made a killing. The old families woke up to the fact that they still had their machinery, and could charge as much for disfibering agave spikes as they could get. By war's end, the number of factories had grown from 11 to 100. In the mansions on the Paseo de Montejo it was like old times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Enough Rope | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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