Word: medals
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Sophomore Pardee jumped 6 ft., 7 in, in New York, and just missed on his try for 6 ft., 10 in., a height that only one of the contenders, Olympic medal-winner John Thomas, was able to clear. Pardee bettered that performance in Boston, soaring 6 ft., 8 1/4 in. for a personal high and a Harvard record...
Consider the case of Conrad Aiken. His credentials as a man of letters are impeccable-40-odd volumes of prose and poetry, a tour of duty as consultant in poetry at the Library of Congress, a slew of literary prizes (Pulitzer, Bollingen, the gold medal for poetry of the National Institute of Arts and Letters). He has been a fixture on the literary scene as long as any living American poet. But Aiken, now 74, wryly acknowledges that he is "a dubious horse in the Pegasus sweepstakes...
...Fantastic," said Toni Sailer, who swept every gold medal in men's Alpine skiing at the 1956 Olympics. "I would bet on her to win at Innsbruck." Paris' Le Monde rhapsodized over Jean's "sang-froid," her sureness, her precision, and L'Equipe celebrated her "sweetness of manner, happy healthiness, and dazzling smile." Jean was busy talking about teaching school and joining the Peace Corps, and when people asked her why she skied so much faster than everybody else, she just smiled sweetly and said: "Gee, I don't know...
...American male has ever won an Olympic medal in alpine skiing - gold, silver or bronze - and if France's Robert Faure has anything to say about it, U.S. skiers may never win one. Faure has a lot to say about it. An official of the Federation Internationale de Ski, he has authority over seedings in all international ski meets, including the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria...
Money Is Better. As the "scarlet epidemic" spread, it became more distinguished to reject than to accept the award. Degas, De Maupassant, Clemenceau, Gide, Sartre and Camus all allegedly turned the Legion down. Offered the medal in lieu of payment for his famed requiem commissioned by the government, Composer Hector Berlioz snorted: "To hell with your Legion of Honor. I want my money." But a refusal cannot be worn in a buttonhole, and thousands of other Frenchmen still openly court the award...