Word: paula
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After moving to California, Ginny and Gracie were left to themselves or entrusted to then- maternal grandmother, Paula Kunert, 76, a stern disciplinarian who spoke no English. They became frightened of strangers and dogs and stayed inside day after day, playing by themselves while then" parents slept or sought work. The parents did notice something they considered "childish gibberish." Playing in the corner, Gracie, the dominant twin, would hold up an object and seem to give it a name. Ginny would respond. High-speed dialogue followed. "They could say simple words," Tom Kennedy remembers, "mostly like Indians would talk...
...several highlights in the meet came in the 880 when two Olympic hopefuls from Harvard, Paula Newnham and Johanna Forman, and sophomore Martha Clabby all broke the previous women's indoor school record. Newnham's record--shattering time of 2:09.3 shaved more than ten seconds off the old school best and skimmed a tenth of a second off of the ITT record...
Johanna Forman, Paula Newnham, Pat Gopaul and freshman Lenny Yajima will team up for the mile relay. Another freshman, Darlene Beckford--who is recovering from a sore throat after her return from the national cross-country championships--will anchor the speedy trio of Martha Clabby, freshman Ellen Gallagher and Rebecca Rogers in the two-mile relay...
Sophomore Paula Newnham--injured most of this season--will take next semester off to train for the Olympic trials in England, her native country. She will return to compete for the Crimson harriers next fall...
Harvard's Paula Newnham, winner of last year's Ivy meet, won't be running today because of a foot injury that has kept her idle for most of this season. Newnham's injury makes Princeton's Lynn Jennings the one to beat, which will be no easy task. Jennings, second in last year's Ivies, recently placed first in the Easterns and has consistently led the Tiger squad...