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After Bob Kaufmann's anchor leg gave the Crimson its opening medley relay win, freestyler Bill Zentgraf came through with an expected first in the 220. Winner of the freestyle sprint was Crimson sophomore Dennis Hunter, brother of former Olympian 50-yard freestyler, Bruce...
...also burn out as soon as he gets tenure. A common product of hasty hiring, the "deadwood" scholar is a total loss and a horselaugh on the great game of faculty raiding. This is why Harvard, still relatively unscathed in the hiring battle, takes one full year for an Olympian look at a professor before employing...
Ohiri was picked over Alan Young of Brown, the second-team center forward, even though the Nigerian Olympian was able to play in only three of Harvard's seven League contests. Despite his three crippling injuries--two pulled groin muscles and a slipped cartilage in the knee--Ohiri tied the League scoring record of eight goals...
...smearings around the edges. (Who, for instance can remember Mr. Casaubon, but who can ever forget Dorothea or Will Ladislaw?) Mr. Wilson's own vision is unfailingly clear, his thought unswervingly honest, two facts which make him the most important writer in Britain today. Yet--obscured by his proclaimed Olympian associations--his first three novels have brought him the lukewarm and standardized praise dished out to Trollopian retreads like the late Mrs. Angela Thirkell...
...first few games of the season, when Ohiri was healthy, the team concentrated on setting him up for shots at the goal. This strategy gave the Nigerian Olympian 14 goals in his first three games...