Word: dueling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...58th running of the prestigious meet had been billed as a duel between Villanova and Georgetown, but the battle never materialized. The Philadelphians took first, third, fourth, sixth, and 12th places for 26 points to whip second-place Notre Dame. Georgetown, IC4A champs in 1964 and '65, couldn't show enough power on top and finished fourth with 177. Michigan State was third...
Villanova and Georgetown should stage a record-breaking duel for the IC4A title today at Van Cortlandt Park in New York. But Harvard -- ninth last year -- will be fighting for third place to cap off a fine comeback season...
McKusick and Hardin were both unbeaten going into Saturday's race, and the duel was supposed to be a preview of the Heptagonal championship at the end of the season. Running hard and neck-and-neck, the two sophomores clicked off a 4:40 opening mile and a 4:45 second mile. McKusick, who had never even been challenged in any of his races up to that time, was hard-pressed to hold the pace. He took a severe leg cramp after three miles, and Hardin just breezed in from there...
...Hardin-McKusick match may be the most exciting duel of the cross-country season, but it won't have much bearing on the outcome of the whole meet. In cross-country the point difference between first and second place is the same as between 11th and 12th...
...public, understandably worried by warnings of the increasing dangers from crime, focuses on the issues and incidents which make good newspaper copy or television footage -- the brutal or daring crime; riots; capital punishment; the Supreme Court vs. the police; the skillful duel between counsel in the trial of the big case; the parole board's release of a notorious sex offender. Public officials who work in the system too often lack the knowledge and perspective to be sufficiently self-analytical or radical in their thinking about what they do in the name of administering justice. And, with some notable exceptions...