Word: medalling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sort of expected to find a steely, crew-cut sergeant, but instead I was greeted by a mild, soft-spoken captain, who seemed as nervous as I. However, he did not exactly look effete behind three rows of medals, including a Vietnam War ribbon and a silver medal with "Expert" written on it, and he appeared to be a little surprised to see me fruiting in the door. After a few polite preliminaries, he looked at me and asked increduously. "Are you really interested in becoming a Marine?" I explained that I "want to keep my options open...
Other than in the freestyle events, where the Crimson still have good depth, Princeton's overall depth will probably prove to be too much for Harvard. Charles Cambell, a gold medal winner in the backstroke at the Pan American Games this summer, will probably swim an excellent time in his specialty, and the perennially strong Princeton divers, who swept both Dartmouth and Penn, look as tough as ever and should have no trouble continuing their success...
...presence made Tvardovsky's funeral a testimony for cultural freedom. Earlier, Solzhenitsyn offered more outspoken testimony in the same cause. In a letter to Dr. Karl Gierow, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, he sarcastically offered his own apartment as a setting for the presentation of his Nobel medal. If the Swedish embassy was still unavailable, he said, he would be happy to deliver his Nobel lecture at home. It would be a cultural event "uniting our peoples...
What about the buzz that Queen Elizabeth is most unhappy because Princess Anne, 21, is really serious about handsome London Realtor Richard Meade, 32, gold-medal-winning show jumper on Britain's Equestrian Team? "Silly gossip," pooh-poohed the palace spokesman. "He is numbered among her friends." No doubt about that. After British Show-Jumping Star Harvey Smith publicly remarked that European Horse Trial Champion Anne was "nowhere near Olympic standard," he got a fast telegram from Meade-not exactly challenging him to a duel, but offering to bet him $600 that he would beat Smith at the Badminton...
...last Harvard sailor to win the McMillan cup was George O'Day '45 who went on to win an Olympic Gold Medal. Before him, John F. Kennedy won the trophy in 1940 for Harvard. The continued success of both Harvard and Radcliffe's sailing teams this year underscores the necessity of improved facilities that the new boat house will provide once completed for the Spring season...