Word: fifteenths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...FROM THE FIFTEENTH DISTRICT by Mavis Gallant Random House; 243 pages...
McCurdy added that Crimson sophomore Peter Johnson ran his "best race this far," Johnson finished fifteenth...
That moment was the one blemish in an otherwise perfect 1977-78 campaign for the Harvard men's swimming team, one that included an undefeated dual meet season, an Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League title, a cascade of individual and team records, and a fifteenth place finish in the NCAA Championships, the Crimson's best since...
...night and another crammed rubbernecking day. Sixth, Shanghai. Seventh, sail for Canton. Eighth, ninth and tenth days at sea: slide shows, lectures, no chopsticks. Eleventh, arrive Canton. Temples, museums, other sights. Twelfth, by plane to beautiful Kweilin, two days. Fourteenth, back to Canton: another temple, shopping, concert. Fifteenth day, to Foshan for temples, pottery factory, têng, têng (etc., etc.). Back to Canton for fabulous final banquet. Sail for Hong Kong, waved off by 17 interpreter-guides, WARMLY SAYING GOODBYE TO LIN-BLADDERS...
This sport is my favorite. I can appreciate seeing other people suffering, all of them knowing that for the next two weeks it's do or die. You're Bernie Carbo up at bat with two men on and two out. You're Muhammed Ali in the fifteenth round of his bout with Leon Spinks (almost...