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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last year's spring banquet, alpine captain Bob Kelley announced to the ski team that he was passing on a ball and chain to his successor, Tim Hofer. Being captain of an athletic squad at Harvard is considered an honor in any sport and skiing is no exception, but heading the ski team carries more responsibility to teammates and more headaches than the captainship of any other squad...

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

...captain's second major duty is managing the budget. "We decide when, where and how to spend the budget," Hofer says, adding "We're probably more involved with this than any other team...

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

...really been running the show," nordic captain David Rand says. "He's done a lot, especially on administration and fundraising...

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

Classic performances by Peter Sellers in three roles: the crippled scientific adviser to the President, Dr. Strangelove; the effete U.S. president; and a British air force captain. George C. Scott turns in a good leer as a stodgy hawk, Buck Turgidson. Great choice of music, too--"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" as the planes head...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Man of the Hour, on Some Of the Best Films of the Year | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

...slope may be thrilling, but when those fast-waxed bottoms leave the ground you enter another world. Last weekend in Vermont New England's top collegiate jumpers demonstrated their graceful aerobatics at Middlebury College's 55 meter hill. DAVE RAND [top left and top right], Harvard's Nordic ski captain, flew to one of his best performances of the year. CHRIS AXELSON of Middlebury breaks out of the gate [left] and rushes towards ground zero [above]. A pensive face [right] precedes the jump, but once you've started, there's no turning back...

Author: By Matt Strominger, | Title: they fly through the air with the greatest of ease | 3/1/1979 | See Source »

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