Word: gymnasium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...name was. But he gave me two more towels and what could I do but agree to have tea? Accordingly after the swim I went upstairs to the cafeteria that was part of the Camden complex--they had another pool for training and indoor tennis courts and a gymnasium--and waited for about fifteen minutes, reading, until he could get a break--probably with a lot of teasing from the other lifeguard on duty that day. I saw him coming down the hall flexing his arms and doing a kneebend or two, and we walked in. We took a table...
Inside the vast gymnasium of West Side High School in Gary, Ind., a kaleidoscope swirled and shifted: elegant pantsuits vied with flowing African dresses. Brightly colored, long-collared shirts from Harlem's streets brushed past stetsons and string ties from Texas. The careful tailoring of pin-stripe suits contrasted with the bulky military garb of the separatist army of the Republic of New Africa. The politics of the assembled blacks-3,009 delegates to the first national political convention of blacks in the U.S.-were as wildly varied as their attire...
...just as brilliantly, though it must be remembered that aqraorak is not his forte. Joule is the world champion in nalukataak, in which contestants bounce on a walrus hide held fireman-style by two dozen assistants. Joule bounced to within inches of the ceiling in the town's gymnasium but later confessed that he does not really know what determines a winner in his chosen sport. "I think it has something to do with height and form," he said...
Peter Briggs, captain-elect of next year's varsity and national intercollegiate champion, will face Jose Gonzalez, former two-time national junior champion, for the Foster Trophy in the University Squash championship to be held at 5 p.m. today in Hemenway Gymnasium...
...Wayside. Despite all its social and emotional wear and tear, coeducation has brought few visible changes to Yale. One administrator admits that he is still startled to see a student wearing a bikini in the gymnasium elevator. A dean says that he enjoys getting notes from girls more than he does from boys because they are signed "Love." One senior professor, who laments the loss of "male fellowship," is still bluntly prejudiced. "Women may make a fractional contribution to an undergraduate lecture," he concedes. "They don't yawn as much...