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...moment, even the truth seemed unsavory. Pinning a medal on some public servant's chest mainly for his attending a Harvard party seemed the height of hubris. Medals are usually reserved for extraordinary accomplishments, like winning a marathon, furthering world peace, or failing that, demonstrating uncommon valor on the battlefield...
...world's three best pole vaulters, Billy Olson, 27, and Joe Dial, 23, of the U.S., and the U.S.S.R.'s overarching Sergei Bubka, 22. Since the start of the year, the three have bettered one another's indoor records six times, and during the past fortnight they have gone height to height in U.S. indoor track-and-field meets from New York to California and back again. The visiting Bubka emerged on top, winning three of the five meets and twice setting new records, the last at 19 ft. 6 1/4 in. Despite earlier cross-country tensions among the three...
...much his hustle and determination in practice have made just about everybody forget his height...
Aside from his height, there is nothing small about this man--in his dreams, desires, or expectations...
...last match against the Engineers, the Crimson spikers were victimized by a height disadvantage and by the fine play of Eric Daly and Young Soo Ha. But a much stronger Harvard team showed up to play last night and curtailed the performance of the 6-ft., 4-in. Daly and the ferocious hitting...