Word: closing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...imposition of the antiriot law, which provides penalties of up to ten years in jail. Previously, rioters had been charged only with misdemeanors, which are punishable by small fines. By 2 a.m., the riot police had cleared the station and the square. They could tot up damages of close to $1,000,000, with 140 persons hospitalized, including 61 police, and over 700 in jail...
...gold medal was riding on the last event, the 1,500 meter run. If he could beat Toomey by 10 sec. or so, Bendlin could still win. But he never came close. Gasping in the thin air, every muscle rubbery with fatigue, Toomey led all but a few strides of the way and drove to victory by 30 yds. Final score for the ten events: Toomey 8,193; Bendlin 8,064-a total that dropped the West German to third, behind his countryman Hans-Joachim Walde, who had also run a faster 1,500. "That was the worst competition...
...owes to Miller. Though he attempted to say how much in a long article published in the 1964 issue of the Harvard Review which commemerated the latter's death, the article and his conversations make it clear that he does not consider himself qualified to judge. "It's too close," he says. "I still consider it Perry's business as well as mine, and for that reason I dislike speaking about it." The pair will probably never be untangled, intellectually or emotionally, They were, it seems, two great friends who also happened to be as father and son. One imagines...
Newly-elected captain Andy Metzloff, Rick Jurgens and Rick Barton all possess strong finishing kicks which could tip the meet in Harvard's favor if the race is a close...
Yale lacks solid strength behind its leading trio. Seniors Carl Pierce and Steve Boyer have a chance for scoring positions today, but unless they can close the gap between themselves and Yahn, the Elis will be in trouble...