Word: championing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sequel's producers had virtually no trouble recruiting the cast they wanted. Some prominent athletes-Decathlon Champion Rafer Johnson and former U.S.C. Running Back Anthony Davis -volunteered to play minor roles. Cafe Pianist-Singer Bobby Short flew to Los Angeles on a few days' notice to play himself in an early 1960s literary party scene. The biggest coups by far were the casting of James Earl Jones and Marlon Brando. Jones had originally been lined up to play Chicken George in Roots 1. Had he done so, he would not have been usable as Haley in Roots...
Johns Hopkins, the two-time Division III defending national champion, actually has a very respectable team, but cannot hope to keep pace with the awesome Crimson armada...
...After back-to-back losses, everyone is really skied now." Havens said. "We may be out of the dual match title, but the six-man team champion is decided at the upcoming Intercollegiates and we'll be ready to play then," he added...
...Crimson played Penn without the services of U.S. Singles champion Mike Desaulniers, who underwent foot surgery last Monday and is out for the rest of the year. The racquetmen's juggled line-up never stood a chance against the up-and-coming Quakers...
...Harvard women's squash team lost its first head-to-head match of the season yesterday, falling to defending national and Howe Cup champion Princeton after defeating Penn. 5-2, on Saturday...