Word: championed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Perhaps it was only a threat, but the tears were certainly authentic. Joe Willie Namath, quarterback of professional football's world-champion New York Jets, insisted that he meant business when he announced at a news conference that he was "retiring reluctantly" from the game-and taking Teammates George Sauer, Pete Lammons and Jim Hudson with him. The 26-year-old superstar, whose high-velocity passes carried the Jets to a startling 16-7 upset over the National Football League's powerful Baltimore Colts earlier this year, gave as his reason the latest in a long series...
...assassination, Bobby Kennedy has undergone a considerable transformation in the American memory and conscience. Few today recall Kennedy as the abrasive prosecutor, aggressive politician, and outspoken advocate. The reputation that lingers is one he went far toward creating during the last few months of his life: war critic, champion of the black and the Mexican-American, crusader for the very young, the very old, and all those who have been shunted aside from social and economic progress. His murder gave a new poignancy-and a new political legitimacy-to the people and the causes he sponsored and sheltered. "His death...
...District I selection committee decided to invite Dartmouth, champion of the Eastern League, to compete in the playoffs. Since Harvard is also a member of the EIBL, the selection committee had to choose an independent. B.U., to complete the tournament's invitations...
Senior Charlie Ajootian, the Crimson's leading hammer thrower this season and Penn Relays champion, finished second Friday with a toss of 189 ft.5...
...most of the other titles, but as Sherman said, "After we won the basketball, we were pretty sure no one could stop us." It is reported that Sherman "goes wild dragging kids out there," and this probably accounts for most of his dorm's success. Grays, last year's champion, dropped to eighth, traditional jock-dorm Holworthy fell to tenth, and little Lionel owned the cellar in final points totals...