Word: heros
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Cornelius Vanderbilt purchased exclusive right of way across the narrow strip of land that separates Atlantic and Pacific in Nicaragua. It has been 46 years since General Anastasio Somoza Garcia took control of the Nicaraguan National Guard from the United States Marines and promptly ordered the murder of nationalist hero Augusto Sandino. And it has been several months now since the front pages of America's newspapers sported gory tales of the thousands of civilian deaths that the same National Guard caused in the wake of the massive but unsuccessful popular uprising that racked this Central American country for several...
Secondly, I object to the 'glorification' of individuals like Mr. Yates by the media. The Crimson has chosen to make a hero of Mr. Yates for an action which was not only irresponsible but illegal. Mr. Yates poses the question: "Why should I have to defer to someone else's definition of acceptable risk?" The answer lies in the moral values which underpin our system of law: the belief that human life is sacred and, therefore, the individual is not free to sacrifice...
...wanted structure," argues Travis McGee, "I'd live in a house with a Florida room, have 2.7 kids, a dog, a cat, a smiling wife, two cars, a viable retirement and profit-sharing plan, a seven handicap and shortness of breath." McGee, of course, is the swashbuckling hero of 18 John D. MacDonald mystery novels who lives on a houseboat, The Busted Flush, that he won in a poker game. His aversion to structured, land-based predictability is shared by an ever growing number of Americans who live year-round on their boats...
...Bill Specht. Specht, however, is unshaven (he's saving it for the NCAA's) and took only fourth in last night's 100--"his best event" according to coach Farely. So he may not be able to swipe the gold in the 200 fly final--which might include Harvard hero Mike Coglin and hopefully will see Campari Knoepfler and Dan Menichella in the field...
...meet began auspiciously enough with Crimson sophomore hero Bobby Hackett smashing his own pool record in yesterday afternoon's preliminaries of the first event, the 500 yd. freestyle. Hackett--cool, confident, unshaven, and wearing two suits--returned in the evening to cruise to an easy gold medal in 4:26.78, three full seconds under the NCAA Championship meet qualifying time in the 500, but two seconds off his meet record pace of one year ago (the only time all night when the meet record was not bettered). "I felt really strong," said the Yonkers flash afterwards. "I just wanted...