Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chambers was unable to compete in the triple jump because of an injury and the "Bush Kangaroo," Jerv Adu, put the first place medal in his pouch. Second place honors in the triple jump went to the Crimson's Sola Mahoney who bounded 46-ft., 5 1/2-in. to establish a personal record...
...Vatican. In the U.S., his works include San Francisco Cathedral and New York City's George Washington Bridge Bus Station. Modest and hardworking, Nervi always considered himself an engineer rather than an architect; yet his work, once described as "poetry in concrete," earned him the 1964 gold medal of the American Institute of Architects...
...place on the program, we would still be listening to them now," said the organizer of a musical fête to honor Andrés Segovia, the world's most celebrated classical guitarist. The great man himself rose from the audience during intermission to accept a gold medal from the mayor of Madrid. "I have always had a great affection for this city," he joked. "But I love it even more so now." After the 3½-hour concert, the Andalusian-born Segovia, 85, signed autographs with the help of his son Carlos Andrés, 8. Then...
...team, after being shut out in the gold medal department on Saturday night when the GDR copped four, bounced back with three last night to tie the Germans in total medals. Throw in a couple of surprising performances by some American club swimmers, and the end result was enough to make you understand the rabid nationalism of the cheering U.S. team...
Hogshead, the high school junior from Jacksonville, Fla., who holds the American record in the 200-yd. butterfly, led the way with a sixth in the 200 back, a silver medal in the 100 fly, a fourth in the 200 individual medley and a bronze medal with the American "B" team in the 400 freestyle relay on Saturday night; followed by a fourth in the 400 individual medley, a singularly impressive silver medal in the 200 fly, and then a climactic gold for her butterfly leg of the American 400 medley relay on Sunday night...