Word: lightweights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Varsity Lightweight Crew...
John Higginson, coach of Harvard's lightweight crew and a competitor himself, called the regatta 'splendid,' adding that Harvard's crew teams did not consider this a high-pressure event. "It's only a matter of pride, and the pride only surfaces after the results are in," he said...
...autumn day will remain as a glorious celebration of a grand, old sport. Event Estimated Starting Time 1. Veteran's Singles (Mowatt Trophy) 10 a.m. 2. Women's Fours with Coxswain (White Stag Trophy) 10:25 a.m. 3. Double Sculls (Cromwell Trophy) 10:50 a.m. 4. Lightweight Eights (Boston Herald American Trophy) 11:10 a.m. 5. Elite Fours with Coxswain (Schaefer Trophy) 11:30 a.m. 6. Novice Singles 11:45 a.m. 7. Intermediate Fours with Coxswain (M.D.C. Trophy) 12:10 a.m. 8. Women's Singles 12:25 p.m. 9. Youth Eights 12:55 p.m. 10. Intermediate Singles (Louis B. Hawes...
Fighting as a lightweight last spring, he beat the Massachusetts Golden Gloves winner. A week later, his occasional sparring partner and best friend at Harvard. Pat Melendez, was killed in the ring. "That blew my mind and I quit boxing naturally," recalls DiNicola somberly. "He had a lot of charisma and everyone who knew him loved...
With the development in the mid-'60s of the modern hot-air balloon, equipped with a Ripstop nylon envelope and a lightweight propane burner, drifting aloft became a relatively simple-and safe-divertissement. In 1963 there were only six hot-air balloons in the U.S. A decade later the number was 300, and today there are nearly 1,000. In this age of Concordes and space shuttles, some 3,000 balloon pilots are licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration, and perhaps twice as many friends and relatives serve as nonlicensed crew members...