Word: championing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...jewelry. The U.S. did fine in sailing (two silver, three bronze) -but the 15 yachting medals were split eight different ways. Germany's balding Willi Holdorf, the oldest-looking 24-year-old in Tokyo, won the decathlon. New Zealand's incomparable Peter Snell, already the 800-meter champion, scored another awesome victory in the 1,500-meter run for what he termed "a nice double." Australia's Betty Cuthbert, who won three events at Melbourne in 1956, cranked her 26-year-old bones around the 400-meter track in 52 seconds to win her fourth Olympic gold...
...believe that the world already has confidence in the President's leadership of the United States," they declared. "And we salute his choice of Hubert Humphrey, a proven champion of reason and vision in world affairs, as his Vice-Presidential candidate...
Dartmouth's varsity soccer team edged Harvard 3-3 yesterday, handing the Crimson its first defeat of the season. The loss, and a scoreless tie at Columbia two weeks ago, severely damage Harvard's chances of repeating as Ivy League champion...
Picard, who stroked Harvard's national champion eight-oared crew, became a member of the United States Olympic four-oared boat when a member of the Lake Washington Rowing Club four became ill. Picard had gone to Tokyo as an alternate on the Harvard coxod-four crew, and was asked to fill in on the fours-without...
...Schollander, a Yale freshman, won his third gold medal, setting a world record in the 400-meter freestyle with a 4:12.2 clocking. Lesley Bush, a 17-year-old from New Jersey, surprised defending champion Ingrid Kramer-Engel of Germany in woman's platform, diving. The women's 400-meter freestyle relay team took another gold medal for the U.S. Ian O'Brien of Australia won the 200-meter breaststroke in a world record 2:27.8 with America's Chet Jastremski third...