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Word: captains (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rand, becoming a captain was the direct result of having switched from alpine racing to the nordic events during his freshman year. He raced slalom, giant slalom and some cross-country through his high school years at Lincoln-Sudbury and a post-graduate year at Northfield Mount Hermon...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Captain, Captain | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

...third aspect of the captain's job is to manage the team, which includes recruiting, organizing transportation every weekend, and a good deal of coaching. "The organization is a big job, especially in the fall," said women's alpine captain Vera Fajtova. "The point of the program is to have as many people as possible participate, so we call up a lot of people in the freshman class every year...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Captain, Captain | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

...been steady since then, and this year he took second place in the nordic combined event at three carnivals. "I enjoyed jumping because every time I jumped I improved since I was starting from zero," he explains. "When I was a junior. I started thinking about becoming the captain, and I realized that I wanted to. Even when I was in high school, I thought about skiing for Harvard. It means a lot to me. Skiing means...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Captain, Captain | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

Fajtova is now finishing her second year as captain and will continue on for a third during her senior year. "I became captain by default," she said. "I was the obvious choice because I was the only one at the end of my freshman year that seemed committed enough to skiing...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Captain, Captain | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

...trip to scenic Cleveland State (site of NCAAs later this month), left everyone else in the race in his wake by almost a full two seconds. Princeton managed to hold on to a tenuous 79-71 lead, but the Tigers were hurt again by the fact that senior captain Bruce Kone, after missing a month of the season because he was suspended from the team, failed to make the finals for the first time in three years (he finished ninth...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Records Fall as Crimson Takes Lead at Easterns | 3/2/1979 | See Source »

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