Word: mins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that month that the above-mentioned stalwarts, along with eleven other skippers, frisked away into the whitecaps off Newport, R.I., in the first singlehanded round-the-world sailing race to begin and end in the U.S. At 7:11 a.m. on May 9, or 159 days 2 hr. 26 min. after the starting gun (not counting the weeks of layovers between legs), the first of the solo sailors came home from the sea. Only ten had remained in the race, battering their way through more than 27,000 nautical miles of doldrums and depressions, reefs, icebergs and storms. Horrendous winds...
...second place, a cumulative 11 days 14 hr. behind Jeantot, came South African S.J. ("Bertie") Reed, 39, sailing the 15-year-old, 49-ft. sloop Altech Voortrekker, which he pronounced the world's most uncomfortable boat of its size. Next, 65 hr. 35 min. later, came Czechoslovakia's Richard Konkolski, 39, who had refused to quit despite repeated damage to his 44-ft. sloop Nike...
...crawl away with only four minor trophies. Gandhi took most of the awards E. T. was expected to get, including Best Director (Richard Attenborough), Best Original Screenplay (John Briley), Best Cinematography (Billy Williams and Ronnie Taylor) and Best Film Editing (John Bloom). All in all, the 3-hr. 5-min. epic won eight prizes, more than any other film since Cabaret, which snatched eight...
Even the most novice musician gets a chance at a recital, but very few got to perform alone before a concert half crowded with Latin American diplomats, as pianist Min Chung '86 did during spring break...
PlayerGP Min. GA Avg. S Pct. W L T Ron Scott 38 2154 91 2.53 842 .902 28 8 0 Jon Brekken 5 169 8 2.84 72 .900 1 1 0 Tom Howland 3 82 5 3.67 39 .886 1 1 0 Michigan St. 40 2405 106 2.64 953 .900 30 10 0 Opponents...