Word: olympian
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EVEN before France's voters went to the polls for this week's final runoff, the hotly contested election for a new National Assembly had already had a powerful impact on French politics. After 15 years of aloof, Olympian and, some would say, arrogant rule, President Georges Pompidou's Gaullists seemed visibly chastened by the surge of the Socialist-Communist opposition in the first-round voting. When the results showed the Gaullists and their allies trailing in the popular vote tally by an expected but still humiliating eight percentage points, government spokesmen began sounding unaccustomed notes...
Although Steele's finish was good in a highly talented field of 75 which included U.S. Olympian Bobby Cochran, the number one slalom skier for the Norwegian national team, Christensen, and members of the United States National Talen Squad, the Harvard junior had to remain disappointed with his performance in his best event...
...Crimson times were superior to those recorded in a top invitational meet in California. Clayton's superb 1000 is, as far as I know, the fastest in the world so far this year. His 2:08.0 was a tenth of a second faster than the winning time by Kenyan Olympian Mike Boit at the L.A. Times meet. Nick Leone's 600 was better than that recorded in L.A., while both the two-mile and one-mile Crimson relays also topped L.A. clockings...
Fourteen world-class figure skaters will be donating their services for the benefit of the Jimmy Fund. Among them will be Harvard Olympian John Misha Petkevich. Olympic bronze medalist Janet Lynn and Radcliffe freshman Suna Murray, who placed third behind Lynn at the Nationals. Award-winning dance teams and pairs will also be featured...
...Crimson used at 4-2-4 formation in its first two games, but it may switch to a 4-3-3 against Columbia, primarily to contain the Lion's top scoring threat, former Nigerian Olympian Emmanuel Osode...