Word: outdoor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...previous years, when the Crimson remained in Cambridge over break, the weather often prevented extensive outdoor practice, and there was little opportunity to scrimmage against other squads...
...brand new field this year," Wentzell noted. "We used to play in a patch of grass where the new outdoor track is. The [Athletic] Department stepped forward and made us a new field this year that will be the home of Harvard softball for years to come...
Sheehan downplayed the performance that won him his All-America honors, saying "The distance runners were trying to peak for the outdoor season. My win at the IC4As was my best race. The time wasn't really good. It was a tactical race. I expected someone to make a break for it, but no one started to kick until the final straightaway. I just accelerated faster than they...
...number of cities have changed. One reason: this time around Authors Richard Boyer and David Savageau have refined their nine "livability" criteria. Data about climate, housing, health care, crime, transportation, education, culture, recreation and economics are now weighted by such qualities as "fortunate circumstances of geography" and "outdoor recreational assets." Third-ranked Raleigh-Durham, N.C., moved up from ninth place, for instance, partly because it is "a genteel place to live." Atlanta, 1981's top city, fell to eleventh place, hurt by conditions at its zoo. Washington, second in 1981, slipped in rank to 15th, while the metropolitan Greensboro...
...that the Queen had commented on the cause of a protracted miners' strike; the royal family is expected not to discuss politics, and the paper quickly retracted the remarks. The Queen Mother still plans to come to lunch. And Prince Charles and Princess Diana are scheduled to attend an outdoor Times gala complete with fireworks at Hampton Court Palace in July...