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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What else is new?" Embree flopped his way to yet another cage record as he went over the bar with a leap of 7 ft. 1/4 in. And triple jumper Ahmed Kayali scored the only other first for Harvard in the field, hop, skip and jumping 46 ft, to victory...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Northeastern Romps Over Injury-Riddled Thinclads | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...July 11, 1973 for the high jump. He owns a bronze medal from the 1972 Olympics and is favored to take the gold next year. He has won every meet he has entered this year except for one, the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden January 31, when his leap of 7 ft. 2 in wasn't good enought to take another first...

Author: By William E.STEDMAN Jr., | Title: Rock Steady | 2/20/1975 | See Source »

Embree's best jump came a week later in the Greater Bostons where his Fosbury Flop broke the University and meet records with a leap of 7 ft. 2 1/4 in. The jump surpassed his own Harvard mark of 7 ft. 1 in. set last December against Boston College, and the Briggs Cage mark of 7 ft. 1 1/2 in. set by Olympian John Thomas...

Author: By William E.STEDMAN Jr., | Title: Rock Steady | 2/20/1975 | See Source »

Harvard's Mel Embree leaped into national prominence Friday night as he captured the high-jump title in the prestigious Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden with a leap...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Embree Takes High-Jump Title In Prestigious New York Meet | 2/4/1975 | See Source »

...white," he has said, "so long as it catches mice." This irreverent pragmatism has earned him the hatred of the radicals. Yet even his critics acknowledge his intelligence and ability as a skillful administrator; he is credited with having helped restore China's economy after the Great Leap Forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Most Likely to Succeed | 2/3/1975 | See Source »

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