Word: meters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Huchra, Geller and Valerie de Lapparent, a graduate student, had to conduct most of their research at the Smithsonian's 1.5-meter telescope in the desert of Arizona because the air in Boston was too thick for accurate observation...
Nevertheless, the Crimson had several strong performances. Paul Kent was a double winner in the mile and 1,000 meters, and freshman Sean Turbitt turned in an excellent effort to place third in a photo-finish 55-meter hurdles...
Performing especially well for Harvard were divers Shannon Byrd and Jennifer Greene, who defeated their Dartmouth counterparts in both one-and three-meter competition...
Texaco could appeal the judgment all the way to the Supreme Court, but with the interest meter on Pennzoil's award ticking at $3 million a day, the company cannot afford a lengthy tussle. It might try to take over smaller Pennzoil, though the price would be about $5 billion and Texaco would have to take on a huge debt. Despite Pennzoil's initial refusal, an out-of-court compromise is also possible. Oil-Industry Analyst Alan Edgar of Schneider, Bernet & Hickman in Dallas believes that Texaco might let Pennzoil have for $3.5 billion the Getty properties it originally sought...
...freshman at Harvard, Watson won the 10-meter competition at Senior Nationals. And this past summer he took second at the Senior Nationals, only three points behind the 1984 Olympic gold medalist on the 10-meter platform...