Word: eventers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...field event men trained in Cambridge during the week, primarily because of the superior training facilities in the Harvard track bubble. "The training went very well," said field coach Ed Stowell. "The javelin throwers has especially fine workouts. I'm confident that the javelin crew will be the strongest in Harvard history...
...about the condition of two members of his already thin jumping squad. Long-jumper Skip Hare aggravated an old injury and Bob Galliers, another long-jumper, suffered a collapsed lung. If these two are slow in recovering, Stowell will rely on Walter Johnson to provide the strength in this event...
...years, girls have entered steeplechases as well as quarter-horse and harness-racing events. But big-time racing has been strictly a man's preserve. Not any more. Officially recognizing the female entries, Delaware's new Dover Downs scheduled the world's first fully mixed event this week, billing it as the "Jack and Jill race" and identifying the female riders as "jockettes." At Lincoln Downs, the track bugler her alded the racing debut of Mary Clayson, a 32-year-old mother of two, with a rendition of Mame-her nickname. The girl jockeys are thriving...
...Thieu's government has begun to develop a sense of realism about the future. His concern with pacification, superficial as the program is in some senses, represents an admission that hamlet dwellers are a source of political strength, and that their loyalty could turn the tide in the event of a ceasefire. Thieu often voices the standard South Vietnamese argument against giving the National Liberation Front a political status, pointing out that Communism is synonymous with violence in Viet Nam. In fact, however, he has reached the inevitable conclusion that his government must some day learn to deal with native...
Krause will swim in one more event, the 400-yard individual medley, today. Cahalan will not enter any other events. While hopeful about Krause's chances today, coach Bill Brooks said last night, "The competition here is such that it's very, very hard to get into the finals...