Word: meters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crimson dropped to 41 for the second ten strokes and grabbed a three-seat lead. Both Harvard and Princeton settled to 37, but by the 500 meter mark, the Crimson had stretched its advantage to three-quarters of a length...
M.I.T. pushed Harvard throughout the race, but the Crimson fought off each Tech surge to finish in 6:16.42 to M.I.T.'s 6:20.60 for the 2000 meter course...
...change paid off as Harvard was never threatened and clocked a fast 5.42.7 for the 2000 meter course. Brown finished in 5.54.0 and Rutgers closed back with...
Murphy, perhaps the best three-meter driver in the East, won the William J. Brooks Trophy for the third consecutive year. The trophy is named for the present Harvard head coach and is presented "to the diver who contributes the most to the success of Harvard's swimming team." Murphy was the Eastern Seaboards champion two years ago, but finished fourth this winter...
Among the material in his files are research papers showing that there are Fibonacci numerical patterns in the meter of works by Virgil and other Roman poets, and Fibonacci relationships between the different sizes of mosaic patterns in the floors of Greek and Roman ruins. There are studies showing that the ratio between any two successive larger Fibonacci numbers is 1 to 1.618-the same as the ratio between the sides of the "golden rectangle," a form that is traditionally used by artists and architects to produce effects that are most pleasing...