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The call from the Oval Office customarily comes at about 4 o'clock. "Ready to jog?" asks Jimmy Carter. Rosalynn Carter usually is. The presidential couple, in jogging attire, set out together on a course around the White House South Lawn (measured one memorable afternoon at a quarter-mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Apr. 23, 1979 | 4/23/1979 | See Source »

After three more Harvard swimmers (Ron Raikula, Geoff Seelen and Lee Menichella) paddled their way into the big finals of the evening's third race, the 200-yd. backstroke, the Crimson jumped out to a commanding 55-point lead. Freshman Raikula became the meet's third double winner (Cornell diver...

Author: By Robert Grady, | Title: Swimmers Swamp Tigers at Easterns | 3/5/1979 | See Source »

Staubach's greatest asset, however, is his fierce competitiveness, fierce even by the standards of a league filled with men who brood for days after a defeat. In the simplest matters, Staubach's instincts inevitably take over. Says Wide Receiver Pearson: "He's 36, and I'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Super Duel at the Super Bowl | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

Hackett obliterated the one-year-old Blodgett pool record in his specialty, the 1000-yd. freestyle, outdistancing the rest of the field by at least two laps while clipping nearly 30 seconds from the old standard. The Yonkers, N.Y. native's time (9:08.31) is the second fastest recorded in...

Author: By John S. Bruce, | Title: Crimson Aquamen Drub Army | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

So he ran laps on cold November afternoons, and got in an occasional varsity scrimmage, and played in the handful of informally scheduled J.V. games, and probably didn't do too much dreaming about serving as the varsity captain one day.

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Jim Langton: Cool Fullback | 11/2/1978 | See Source »

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