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Princeton won the Columbia-hosted contest--which included teams from all Ivy League schools and Army and Navy--with an astonishing six runners finishing among the first 12, five completing the five-mile course in under 25 minutes...
...major disappointment was the injury to sophomore Paul McNulty. McNulty, in tenth position after the two-mile mark and, "running really well--I have never felt better," fell down a steep hill and sprained his ankle, which prevented him from finishing the race...
...fifth, Frazier relieved Tommy John, who was lifted for a pinch hitter in the bottom of the fourth inning. Davey Lopes bunted over to second, after an earlier single, and scored the winning run when Ron Cey, who had been hit in the head by Rich Gossage's 94-mile-per-hour fastball on Sunday, stroked a two-out single. Dusty Baker followed with a base hit to right, and Pedro Guerrero tripled to left field to give the Dodgers a 4-1 lead...
Residents of Holden Green--Harvard-owned apartments about a mile east of the Science Center in which graduate students live--recently organized a tenants association and elected a president, Slaby said...
Afghanistan is now pressing for negotiations with Pakistan to seal the rugged 1,125-mile frontier against the influx of aid to the rebels, holding out the possibility of a Soviet withdrawal if the condition is met. Questioned on whether there were any conceivable circumstances in which his government might participate in talks with the rebels, Dost answered, "Categorically no. After all, they [the mujahedin] represent no one but themselves...