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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although Hooks blazed to victory in the hurdles in 6.5. seconds and in the dash in 5.5 seconds, Northeastern looked like they might pull by Harvard in the rest of the running events...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Cindermen Edge Northeastern With Clutch Comeback, 60-58 | 1/19/1976 | See Source »

Bill really is small. At 5 ft. 10 in. and 175 lbs., he does not tower over his opponents. But he feels his biggest drawback is speed. "I guess I do about a 4.8 in the 40-yard dash," he says, "but only when I'm scared...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: Bill Emper: Still His Hometown's Hero | 1/16/1976 | See Source »

...Phillips' homely style requires no updating. The last big-time soap sponsor, P&G runs the shows from Cincinnati with Kremlin-like authority. P & G's six serials (which also include Edge of Night, Somerset and Search for Tomorrow) are reworkings of conventional material and have little of the dash of the newer dramas. "I guess we're awfully dull," admits Joe Willmore, who directs the writers of As the World Turns. "I hate to say it, but I don't want to preach to people about social mores. I want to be largely accepted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon | 1/12/1976 | See Source »

...Bruins tried to quell the blazing Crimson attack in the running events, but Harvard's trackmen held their own. Despite a Brown sweep in the mile run and 1-2 Bruin finishes in the 40-yd. dash and the two-mile, Harvard managed to out-score Brown 34-30 in the eight running events...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard Thinclads Burn Brown, 80-38 | 12/18/1975 | See Source »

Todd Hooks flew over the 40 yd. high hurdle track in 5.3 seconds, just nipping second-place finisher Sam Butler for the win. Hooks later sprinted to third place in the 40 yd. dash...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Harvard Thinclads Burn Brown, 80-38 | 12/18/1975 | See Source »

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