Word: discusion
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...Yang's top time for the 100 meters, .9 sec. off his 400-meter mark, half a minute off his 1,500-meter time. Hodge is better in the field: he has put the shot 11 ft. 2¼ in. farther than Yang, hurled the discus 165 ft. 5 in. (v. Yang's 140 ft. 1 in.). Rooming together in a $110-a-month Santa Barbara apartment (Hodge does the cooking), the two also double as each other's coaches. "I help Russ with his running," says Toomey, "and he helps me with the weight events...
Among U.S. tropical-fish fanciers, who own some 23 million aquariums, by far the most popular species is the 190 Scarlet Characin, whose Latin handle is Cheirodon axelrodi. Among the most expensive is the brown Discus, or Symphysodon aequifasciata axelrodi, for which hobbyists pay $300 for a breeding pair. Both of these, as well as about two dozen other varieties of tropical fish, are named for a burly, sometimes surly, businessman-scientist named Herbert R. Axelrod. At 39, Dr. Axelrod has been the supreme sage on tropical fish for so long that many people imagine...
...injuries began to take their toll in the later events. Yale shut Harvard out in the 220-yard dash and then won the triple jump and the discus. Yale's Rich Mattes led with a twirl of only 142' 3 1/2". Harvard's Bruce Hendendal was second at 140' 7 1/2" and Ajootian, who set a freshman record this year with a have of 166' 11", could only manage a third place finish...
...quartet of Warner, Larry Hart, Dan Seebart, and Steve Kujawski accounted for 42 3-4 of Army's 73 3-5 points in the Heps. Warner took the mile and the two-mile. Hart took the hammer throw, was second in the discus, and fourth in the shot. Seebart won both the shot and the discus, setting a new academy record in the latter event with a 170 ft., 1 in. effort. Kujawski copped the pole vault to repeat his performance in the indoor Heps...
...Wilson did not win his customary three events, but threw the hammer a creditable 180-6 to finish third and also took a second in the discus...