Word: lot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Everybody went through the summer assuming nothing was going to happen," Leahy said, "and a lot of people who had received legitimate awards from the NSF made commitments to graduate students, assistants, and junior associates, and have made plans for their own research. Now they are told that they can only spend 80 percent or so in this year...
...With the NSF approach," Leahy said, "the university finds itself trying to play Solomon in cutting individual research. There is a lot of elasticity in the system, but certain people will be hurt. And there is every indication that things won't be much better next year...
ROYCE Q. SHAW, a junior from Los Angeles, spends a lot of time practicing folk guitar. Nicknamed "Royce the Voice" for his ebullient, confident nature when discussing the cross country sport, Shaw has just begun to adapt to long-distance running. It is probably more than coincidence that Roy ran his two best races when his girl from Wellesley was present to provide inspiration. (Teammates are talking about chipping in to pay her way to the big meets in New York.) The holder of Harvard's indoor mile record, Royce is an explosive runner, but still is not used...
...used to being in the shadow of his roommates Shaw and Keith Colburn, who holds the University record in the half-mile. The quiet, rangy Minnesotan is famous for finding last-minute dates for the Saturday night parties which are rapidly becoming a cross-country tradition. "Elf" puts a lot of thought into his running and wrote a number of lengthy, detailed letters to his teammates last summer...
...GENERAL, cross country runners are a self-sufficient lot. There is no necessity that they work together during a contest, at least not in the same way that a shortstop and second baseman must. And there is always an undercurrent of keen competition among team members. Coach McCurdy keeps detailed records of workout times and meet performances, and most runners are experts at memorizing these statistics and comparing them in a good-natured fashion...