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...mile run also promised a Harvard sweep, as John Enscoe ran a solid race to grab the triumph in 9:12.3. George Barker hung back for most of the laps then broke away from the pack to place second, and Mike Koerner, who had built a large early lead, hung on for third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Thinclads Overwhelm Northeastern | 1/13/1971 | See Source »

...nearest thing to an honest man to come to light in a long while, and America had better grab him before he and we become extinct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 21, 1970 | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

...Long street in the seamy port of Qui Nhon, South Viet Nam's third-biggest city, two troopers from the U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade halted their three-quarter-ton truck. Whether they stopped to shift their load, as they said, or to grab a beer or a whore, is beside the point. Within minutes, one of a legion of larcenous Vietnamese urchins surrounding the truck had made off with a fire extinguisher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Bad Yankee Go Home | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

...summed it up: "It ain't the rules; it's the man. Same as back in the world. A black man is the only one they grab for spitting on the streets. Over here if a bunch of brothers get together to blow some grass, right away the officers get uptight; in the next barracks over, white guys are doing the same thing, but nobody bothers them. The regs [Army Regulations] say you can grow your hair this long, but the first sergeant says he don't care what the regs say, because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Soul Alley | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...best game to date, scoring 15 points and getting five assists. He and Lewis, who tallied 20 points mainly on tip-ins, helped the team inch ahead by 13 midway through the second half, and with a boost from sophomore forward Eric Fox, who came off the bench to grab seven rebounds in 11 minutes. Harvard stretched its advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Basketball Team Defeats Chiefs, Overcoming Sloppy Ball Handling | 12/11/1970 | See Source »

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