Word: feated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Hackett, who shattered the meet record in the 500-yd. freestyle on Thursday night, repeated the feat in last night's 200-yd. freestyle, winning in 1:38.90. Teammate Julian Mack, another freshman, finished ninth in that event with a 1:42.73 clocking...
Callaghan's main accomplishment has been to turn the economy around, a feat that was aided by both the expected gush of North Sea oil and his success in holding the line on wages. According to Gallup, the electorate now believes that Labor can do a better job than the Conservatives in controlling inflation. Even such a stalwart establishment organ as the Financial Times praised Callaghan for giving Britain "almost as good a conservative government as we are likely...
...Harvard attack was spearheaded by three first place finishes. In the high jump, Dan Sullivan claimed the top slot for the Crimson with a leap of 6 ft., 8 in., a feat the spectators at the Indoor Track and Tennis Building have grown used to seeing this season. Harvard's Mark Young took fourth place honors in this event...
...they appreciate the fine line between mechanical proficiency and boredom, the main fare of recent Super Bowls. While this year's contest between Denver and Dallas had its moments of suspense, perhaps the most exciting event of the evening-and arguably the Super Bowl's premier athletic feat-was a 60-yd. bomb thrown by 13-year-old Alfonzo Walls Jr. in the Punt, Pass and Kick finals before the game. Walls was on target too, a boon Craig Morton sorely lacked...
...which has had no astronauts in space since 1975, will be able to put together its own sausages when the space shuttle that is now being tested begins regular flights in the 1980s. But for the Soviets the feat is something of a breakthrough. While the U.S. showed it could dock spacecraft as long ago as the pre-moon shot Gemini 8 flight in 1966, the delicate skills required to bring together two space ships, both of which are traveling at speeds of 29.000 k.p.h. (18,000 m.p.h.), have often eluded the Soviets. (One explanation: they insist on controlling...