Word: finding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...girl from the big city find happiness in the fields? She can if she's Harvard senior Sally Kingsberg and the fields are for playing soccer...
...BILL PASSED the House by a narrow majority, and its fate in the Senate is at best uncertain. Russell B. Long (D-La.), chairman of the finance committee, which will soon begin hearings on the bill, has opposed similar legislation in the past. He argues that poor people should find work of any kind before receiving governmental assistance. But in a time of high unemployment--especially among minorities, women and teenagers--Long's objection is impractical...
...squad was moving from a club sport to a varsity level II sport, there was some question as to whether Scalise should be coaching a women's sport since he was of the opposite sex. During one of the last practices that fall the players were surprised to find a women with long blond braids, a corduroy skirt and ankle socks waiting for them in place of Scalise on the field. Closer observation showed however, that the legs were those of an All-American lacrosse player...
Then there's the question of 'hey, where do we play?'. Of course it matters if the team will play in a field or in a country pasture--the old team morale. But if the team can not find anywhere else besides a pasture to compete against a visiting team, then all the games would have to be played away--an expense the Department of Athletics refuses to bear. "If we had to send a team away all the time, it could get very expensive," Janus says. The restriction on playing area keeps club sports like gymnastics from joining...
...place to play, the next question concerns a coaching staff. Will anyone coach the sport for free? Working with a women's volleyball or softball team--teaching both the fundamentals and the strategy--takes an enormous amount of time. But these sports have no paid coaches. "We have to find our own," says one softball team member...