Word: easterns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pope John Paul will advise the bishops in this week's closed-door meetings. The left fears that this Pope from Poland will favor the "Polish solution," which uses subtle maneuvering more than confrontation with repressive regimes. Remarks one liberal at the Vatican: "The difference is that in Eastern Europe the regimes are atheistic, while in Latin America they are supposedly Catholic. That gives the Holy See a graver responsibility." The mere presence of the new Pontiff at a conference that could well cause him problems is a sure sign that John Paul II acknowledges that responsibility...
...turnaround on Proposition 13, plus his call for a Constitutional amendment mandating a balanced U.S. budget, Brown has Carter worried over the religious issue. Carter may have the support of the Fundamentalists, the Born-Again folk, but Brown taps the Tao, culls the Zen support, rides the whole neo-Eastern-religious-cultists-pseudo-mystical wave. And Carter can scarcely forget that out of the last ten or so primaries in 1976 he only won a handful, and lost every head-to-head match he had with Brown...
...Tigers have lost four of their last five dual meet encounters with the Crimson--including last year's 58-55 thriller on Blodgett Pool's opening day--but have still bounced back to grab the Eastern Championship meet from Harvard every time...
Both teams have improved significantly over last season. Coach Joe Bernal's Crimson, aware of the incredible depth that has brought the Tigers six straight Eastern crowns, has fortified its strengths (distance freestyle, individual medley) with the addition of freshmen high school all-Americans Tim Maximoff and Jack Gauthier. Harvard's second year mentor also made up for the loss of last year's standout captain Duncan Pyle by lassoeing national-caliber backstroker Ron Raikula for inclusion in Harvard's historic "Back Pack...
Tiger stalwarts Bill Specht (Eastern champion butterflier), John Christensen (ditto for breaststroke), and Andy "Beaver" O'Hara, the man who outsprinted Bobby Hackett in the final leg of the 400-yd. freestyle relay to win the Easterns for the Tigers last March, will lead the defense of their home fortress...