Word: decays
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...said in one of the manifestoes on expecting some reciprocity. "I'll die first before I decay," he told a national magazine this month. Since the turn against ideology announced in Opus 4's "My Back has been true--if nothing else--to the caution sounded on that album in "Ramons...
When Harvey Comics, publishers of Casper the Friendly Ghost and Baby Hucy, stopped reprinting early Dick Tracy strips, they became just another comic book factory, part of the creeping comic book decay of the early...
...There is a little truth in each of these; long-distance runner Walt Hewlett, wrestler Howard Durfee, or alpine skier Mark Jensen were all hampered by injuries, and yet they are the exceptions. The percentage of injuries is so small that it cannot be a significant cause in athletic decay. Older athletes at Harvard occasionally slow down but rarely quit. At the age of 23 or 24, it is understandable that Awori or butterflier Neville Hayes never matched their sophomore performances, especially after having already competed in the Olympics. Academics too can hurt, but again the statistics are not convincing...
...best answer to the decay of Harvard athletes can be found in the admissions policy, which leans toward exceptional athletes with outside interests...
Most coaches accept the senior decay as normal, and even as healthy. "It wouldn't be Harvard if more than a few boys devoted their greatest amount of attention to athletics," says one coach. Recognizing the necessity for outside interests, Barnaby keeps only loose demands on his players in order to avoid binding them down...