Word: diver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hand it to Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill. Well, actually you don't, if you've got a DEMS, or Diver Equivalent Manipulator System, developed for underwater work by General Electric. DEMS makes its movie debut in ''Raise the Titanic!'', a film likely to become memorable only because it seeks to salvage the ill-fated liner for a change-rather than deep-six her again. In the movie the DEMS drops into waters unsafe for divers to repair the Titanic's hull. On the set, its operators insisted, DEMS was so sensitive...
...first Eastern title in the University's history and the end of a six-year Princeton reign, brought the sweetest satisfaction to a team loaded with record-breakers and sharp personalities. Freshman Ron Raikula, taking 13th at the NCAAs in the 200-yd. backstroke, diver Steve Schramm, advancing to national competition after hitting his head on the board in practice before the qualifying rounds, and Bobby Hackett, triumphing at the NCAAs in the face of a team let-down were just a few of the jewels in the Harvard crown...
...open letter, Bok stated divestiture would "cause the University to diver millions of dollars in pursuit of a strategy that is legally questionable, widely disputed on its merits and very likely to prove ineffective in achieving its objectives...
Another safe guess is that Princeton coaches Bill Farley and Rick Schavone will be hot on the recruiting trail this spring hunting for a diver...
After three more Harvard swimmers (Ron Raikula, Geoff Seelen and Lee Menichella) paddled their way into the big finals of the evening's third race, the 200-yd. backstroke, the Crimson jumped out to a commanding 55-point lead. Freshman Raikula became the meet's third double winner (Cornell diver Paul Steck later became the fourth), demonstrating the art of ultra-smooth backstroke for eight laps and a meet-and pool-record time...