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Harvard co-captain Malcolm Cooper, freshman Ron Raikula and Columbia's Lincoln D'jang set Blodgett Pool records in the 50-yd. freestyle, the 200-yd. backstroke and the 200-yd. individual medley, respectively...

Author: By Helen V. Scovell, | Title: Yardling Aquamen Submarine Lions | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...effective attempt, but sandwiched between two hot, hard-driving numbers it does very well for itself. While Cetera and Dacus, along with pianist Bobby Lamm, do all the vocals, the highlighted instrument in each number varies, with flutes, trombones, guitars, pianos, and even synthesizers snaking their way through the medley of sound. Chicago pieces are rarely dominated by a single performer. However, in their interweaving of sounds and the multi-rhythmic arrangements they are more closely related to classical suites than to many modern rock compositions, with their drum-thumping and guitar twanging...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: Alive Again | 10/18/1978 | See Source »

...dramas need to be enacted--especially one that never gives the answer but charges $10 anyway. Sexual Perversity in Chicago never really gets to the point. It is a trite medley of some stereotyped, six-pack guys, their neurotic quests for orgasmic relief, and creeping cynicism...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Ducks and Sex | 9/18/1978 | See Source »

...leading swimmer of the Americans with the most to win?or lose?was Tracy Caulkins, a gangling 15-year-old from Nashville who still has heavy braces on her teeth. In the past four months she had set 14 U.S. records and one world record in butterfly, breaststroke and medley events, and her potential was enormous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Return of the Water Sprites | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

Obviously not. Churning through the pool built by Adolf Hitler for the 1936 Olympics, Caulkins won five gold medals and broke four world records in the process. Her most dramatic victory came in the 400-meter medley over former Record Holder Ulrike Tauber, 20, who won the gold medal in Montreal. The medley is the most technically demanding event in swimming, requiring mastery of four separate strokes and three different types of turns?the test of the compleat swimmer. Caulkins beat Tauber by an astonishing seven seconds, finishing nearly half a pool length in the lead. In the 200-meter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Return of the Water Sprites | 9/4/1978 | See Source »

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