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California schools held the top three positions at day's end with the University of California at Berkeley riding the crest of an American record performance in the 400-yd. medley relay (3:15.22) to seize the team lead with 82 points...

Author: By John S. Bruce, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Hackett Earns Silver Medal in 500 at NCAAs | 3/23/1979 | See Source »

...strains of the Chinese national anthem sounded first last week on the south lawn of the White House, as summit protocol demands. Then the U.S. Army Band gave an equally rousing version of The Star-Spangled Banner. From a windswept podium on the crest of the low hill, the two leaders exchanged bland welcoming remarks, then mounted a balcony to acknowledge the applauding crowd of some 1,000 dignitaries. Suddenly, Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-p'ing departed from the traditional script. He impulsively grabbed Jimmy Carter's hand and held it high. They looked like a pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Teng's Triumphant Tour | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

Riding the crest of a wave of confidence reinforced by last week's win at Princeton, the Crimson aquajocks routed yet another Eastern League foe, Cornell, 66-45, Saturday at Blodgett Pool to raise their undefeated season's slate...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: CornellSunk, 66-45; Swimmers Now 8-0 | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

...murder-as puzzled out by a hero who blends the best characteristics of hard-drugging Rolling Stone Writer Hunter Thompson and a freelancer named Rosenbaum-has much to do with Watergate. Many journalists consider that scandal their calling's finest hour. Foster, writes Rosenbaum, "caught the crest of the wave of media fever that engulfed mid-Seventies America. Woodward and Bernstein brought down a President; Redford and Hoffman enshrined the heroic reporters as symbolic successors. The entire journalism profession swelled with newly inflated prestige, power and self-esteem." In Rosenbaum's cunning roman à Clay, however, the gleaming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Roman | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

Like the New York Yankees, the Classics play winning basketball despite a lack of press coverage. Currently, the Basketeers are riding the crest of a 12-game winning streak...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Harvard's Vagabond Cagers | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

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