Word: pack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mike Hickey led the Huskle pack, as he blazed to one of three cage records set Saturday, breaking the tape in 2:12. The distance events saw Northeastern throw double trouble at Harvard as twin brothers Bob and Jon Flora paired up to gain a dual victory. Bob ran away with the mile in 4.10.9 time and Jon won the two-mile event...
Schuller's accommodations for the suburban middle class and its cars keep his shopping center full. At the various Sunday services, a total of 2,200 children attend classes in the Tower, 4,400 adults pack the glass-walled sanctuary and another 1,600 sit outside bumper to bumper, listening in on car radios. Undoubtedly, many are tourists drawn by such attractions as the twelve fountains (one for each apostle), the crown of thorns plant, and the "still waters" reflecting ponds...
...bruising teammates as the most potent force in hockey has added immeasurably to a growing interest in the sport. For better or worse the Flyers have brought new muscle into the game. Fans cannot resist their intimidating play and all-too-eager fights. In Philadelphia, 17,007 pack the Spectrum for every game to cheer on the "Broad Street Bullies"; on the road, S.R.O. crowds come to boo the tempestuous enemy. The cry for blood explodes whenever Flyer Enforcer Dave Schultz (6 ft. 1 in., 190 lbs.) starts swinging for the nearest hostile jaw. Inevitably, other teams have been infected...
...elegance" of a proof, they do not mean decorative grace notes; they mean the kind of succinct, one-pointed blow that undercuts one's expectations of complexity. In that sense, what Oka calls "these utilitarian wrappings, these crystallizations of everyday wisdom" are elegant indeed. Problem: to pack one dried salt yellowtail in straw so that it can be unwrapped frugally and eaten over a period of time. It must keep up to six months, so some air must get to it but flies must not. The answer in Ishikawa prefecture is to sheathe it in straight wisps of straw...
Harvard on the other hand is riding high, still atop the ECAC pack after devastating Cornell on Tuesday. The Crimson's 8-2 triumph was the biggest margin of victory over a Big Red team in Ithaca in ages...