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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brewer and 'the higher-ups over there at Harvard" will not agree to his proposal, Vellucci said that he would file similar legislation with the council and the state legislature, and "wage major verbal war with Harvard...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Cambridge-Harvard: A Case of Indigestion | 2/24/1979 | See Source »

...youngsters are permitted to branch out from slalom and giant slalom races into the higher speeds of downhilling. "You have to be a little crazy to like downhilling," she said, but it turned out to be Kris's best event...

Author: By David A. Wilson, | Title: Crimson's Kris Hodgkins Skis Little, Regularly Records Top-Ten Placements | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

Diving scores are calculated by taking the judges' awards on a particular dive and multiplying their sum by the degree of difficulty (DD) pre-assigned by the national rules committee to that dive. The harder the dive, the higher the DD. DDs range from...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Ivy Diving Champ Pam Stone | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

Divers constantly strive to improve their list--aerialist jargon for the dives that they perform in competition--so as to incorporate dives with higher degrees of difficulty...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Ivy Diving Champ Pam Stone | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

...desperately wanted to learn the new dive, though, knowing that she would need the higher DD when late-season championship competition began...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Ivy Diving Champ Pam Stone | 2/23/1979 | See Source »

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