Word: jakes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unwinding. Still, it was not an easy thing being an ex-President-at least for the first week-and it was clear that Johnson was having some difficulty unwinding. "He's not basically constituted to assume this new posture," observed Jake Jacobsen, a former aide. In a two-hour press conference at the ranch, Johnson was by turns shy and brave, moody and fitful, wistful and uncertain. He said he was convinced that he had done the right thing in renouncing reelection last March. Only Lady Bird seemed altogether certain that she would rather be in Blanco County, Texas...
Benka heaved the shot 57' 2 1/2" for the winning medal as teammates Charlie Ajootian, Jake Driscoll, and Bruce Hedendal all bettered 50 feet for third, fourth, and fifth places. Ajootian led a similar sweep in the 35-pound weight, twirling the ball 59' 1/2". Ed Nosal, Driscoll, and Dave Bernstein followed with three of the four follow-up places. In the long jump, Skip Hare leaped 23'2" to top a field of New England collegians...
...sprinter's speed plus the mean streak you need to play corner." Maxwell, in the terse, tight lingo of the scouting reports, is: "Fast, with good hands. Covers a lot of ground. Likes to play it tight. Tough." If he were not a junior, another top contender is Jake Scott, Georgia, 6 ft. 1 in., 190 Ibs. He is a blue-streak threat on punt returns. When he becomes available, some scouts contemplate using him as a running back because of "his skill and instinct for using blockers...
...Jake Driscoll won both the shot put and the 35-pound weight with throws of 52' 4 3/4" and 52' 2 1/2". Steve Thomas also captured two events, winning the 40-yard high hurdles in a time of 5.5 seconds and the broad jump with a leap...
...injury, finished strongly to grab sixth place in 16:40. Newly elected freshman captain Andy Meltzoff used his blistering kick to overtake two B.C. runners for seventh. Rick Barton was only seven seconds behind, but began his sprint too late and had to settle for eleventh. Phil Liechtenstein and Jake Seniuk rounded out the Harvard scoring with thirteenth and fourteenth places...