Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lightweight program this year after stroking the varsity heavies for two years, took Radcliffe off the line at a high 41 strokes per minute, gradually settled to a 35 for the body of the race, and upped it to a 36 at the finish of the 1500-meter contest...
...putting them together properly." The varsity eight have been together less than a week so they are still a bit rusty. But the schedule has been kind, blessing the Crimson with Columbia today. The only thing in doubt about this race is the margin of victory over the 2000-meter course...
Hart also broke into the record books with her performance in the 100-meter hurdles, just edging out teammate Sue Harper for first place...
DESALINATION. Though Israel-which gets little or no rain for up to eight months of the year-draws much of its water from the Jordan River, it also gets part of its supply from the sea. Israeli desalination plants now desalt 3 million cubic meters (7.8 billion gal.) of sea water every year. The cost is high ($1 per cubic meter), but the Israelis have little choice. In Saudi Arabia, where cost is no object, the government has embarked on a $12 billion program that will enable it to desalt 2.3 billion liters (600 million...
...readable account of how he coaxed his students along. Since most of them had worked as domestic or blue-collar workers and had little knowledge of poetry, Koch started with the same introductory techniques that he had tried in the children's classroom. He de-emphasized rhyme and meter, encouraged repetition of words and phrases ("a slight artificiality to teach them to put things together in a new way," says Koch). He always suggested themes, like growing old or silence or the color green. Assisted by Kate Farrell, a young poet and student at Columbia, Koch had each...