Word: depth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...laugh, his general noisiness-to realize what an obstreperous person this man is, to have one's arm numbed by his viselike grip just above one's elbow, to feel the intensity of his nervous energy. Above all, one needs years of experience to know the depth of his concern about people...
Yale's varsity roster lists some 69 swimmers, including 24 seniors (Harvard's by comparison, has 26, including two seniors), and most of them never get to swim in more than a pre-season meet or one of the Yalies' three practice pools. But this fantastic depth brings results; Yale has no fewer than 11 swimmers who can do the 200-yard freestyle in under 1:49.0, a Harvard University record earlier this year...
Yale's "second-stringers" would be super-stars at most other places. Against Princeton, the Yalies had enough depth to win, 72-23, without swimming anyone in more than one individual event. Only in the butterfly and the dive will the Crimson varsity be favored; and freshman Bill Shrout will have to put on the performance of his life to beat Schollander and Mettler in the freestlye events...
Harvard Has Depth...
...Without depth, the Middies have to count on victories from their front-line performers. The Harvard stars can stagger a little and the team will still stand...