Word: eventers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...story is simple, taken from a novel by Joan Lindsay, who refuses to reveal whether it was based on a true event or not. In the year 1900, a group of school-girls go to Hanging Rock, an ancient volcanic outcropping, for a picnic. Three girls and a teacher disappear. One girl is found a week later, but no teace of the other three is ever seen again...
...turns out, Tyng was involved in a precedent-setting event in golf as well as in baseball. In the 1898 U.S. Amateur, Tyng, who was known for his volatile temperament, was purposely kept waiting for over an hour on the first tee by his opponent, a chap named Foxhall Keene. Tyng predictably lost the match and ever since, players who arrive late for their matches are disqualified...
...other consumables on board -and the psychological limit of the crew. There's a lot of habitability that's built into a Trident." Not to mention an enormous lethal punch, which is intended to deter war by ensuring that the U.S. can retaliate devastatingly in the event of nuclear attack. For the Ohio to succeed as a deterrent would mean that some 30 years from now, when it is expected to retire, it would never have fired a shot in anger...
...University records fell on Saturday, as Johnson's shotput ("it was a very fine throw." Hunt said) broke one mark and Karla Amble covered the 1500 meters inhher event in 4:57 for the second...
Dartmouth qualifies as an oddball for, among other things, having a tremendous field contingent but no strength in the running events. An enormous Green woman ran away with the shot put, heaving the heavy metal 45 feet, 2 inches. Harvard's Kim Johnson finished a strong second with a toss just four inches short of the winning mark, but good enough for eight Crimson points. Johnson also hurled the discus 109 feet, good for fourth place in that event...