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Harvard led from the beginning of the three-mile course, going off the line at a 40, settling eventually to a 32, and constantly lengthening its lead over the hapless Eli crew...

Author: By Bruns H. Grayson, | Title: Crimson Cruises to Easy Win | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

...hapless varsity stickmen, under the helm of skipper Bruce Munro for the last time, completed a dismal season by topping the Big Green, 6-4, for only their third win against six losses...

Author: By Philip Weiss, | Title: Lax Teams Finish Dartmouth, Season | 5/20/1974 | See Source »

When they have children, some couples give the mother's name to daughters and the father's to sons, or create some combination of the two. A variant is to hyphenate the mother's and father's names. Given that, some hapless offspring of today's children might well be burdened with a mouthful like John Smith-Jones-Doe-McLaughlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: The Name Game | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

...final time for Harvard was 6:08.3, with Princeton at 6:09.8, and the hapless Elis far off the pace...

Author: By Andy Quigley, | Title: Lights Top Rivals... | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

Harvard earned the right to go to the championships by capturing first place in a tournament held at Brown University last weekend. In the first two matches the water poloists unleased a barrage of quick shots and rear-backs, and demolished hapless RPI and the Philadelphia Athletic Club, 10-3 and 8-3 respectively...

Author: By Gilbert A. Kerr, | Title: Water Poloists Notch Seventh Victory | 5/2/1974 | See Source »

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