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Blayne Heckel was a double winner for Harvard with his long jump of 21 ft. 11.5 in, and his pole vaulting efforts of 13 ft. 6 in. Steve Niemi took the hammer throw with a toss of 187 ft. 3 in. He also won the discus. Ahmed Kayali won the triple jump for the Crimson...
...story: During exam period last June, a student became so worried about an upcoming final that he asked his roommate to smash his finger with a hammer. The roommate obliged, with some precautions taken for his friend's safety and comfort, and the distraught student suffered his way into an airtight medical excuse...
...weight throws, Kevin McCafferty took a second in the shotput. Dan Jiggetts a third in the hammer and Dick Gillvery and Chris Queen were two and three in the discuss...
...keys in the Crimson victory was the performance of Steve Niemi and Dan Jiggets in the hammer throw. Jiggets won the event with a throw of 176.5 ft., his personal best by ten feet. Niemi also threw at 176.5 footer, but Jiggets was awarded first place by virtue of a better second throw...
...originally scheduled for April 12, the government said that it was doing so for technical reasons. One problem was getting ballots printed up with the new list of eleven instead of 14 eligible parties. Another snag was the election commission's realization that several parties had picked the hammer and sickle as their symbol. That would have made it difficult for the estimated 2 million illiterates among Portugal's 6 million voters to make their choice. Those parties will now be asked to find new symbols. The official three-week campaign is scheduled to get under way next...