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...dockside in Newport, R.I. Late into the night, Naval Architect Olin Stephens was seen tinkering with Valiant, his latest 12-meter design. Near by, Skipper-Designer Charlie Morgan Jr. was hard at work seeking to improve his golden-hulled Heritage. At another slip, the crew of Helmsman Bill Picker's Intrepid lounged on the sloop's deck, sporting green-and-white buttons that declared PICKER IS QUICKER...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Intrepid Indeed | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

...Friday, the strike groups added a new ???tic. Student strikers formed picker lines at 4:30 a.m. to dissuade university employees, including dorm food service workers, from reporting to work. All dorm food services were effectively shut down. BAM then supplied free "liberation" food at distribution centers. A modest estimate of the strike's effectiveness at this time was that 15,000 students stayed away from classes. Operating under the slogan. "Open it up or shut it down." BAM and the Coalition had effectively shut down the university. LSA was operating at less than 25 per cent of normal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On Strike at the University of Michigan | 4/10/1970 | See Source »

...Dillard comes from a family of bluegrass musicians and plays banjo, fiddle and guitar more than competently. David Jackson, bass, piano, and cello, scales down the harshness of the other instruments: and Jon Corneal (drums) gives the music the rhythmic patterns of rock. Sneaky Pete, listed as a "Special Picker," plays a very fine steel guitar, sometimes mimicking Clark's mouthharp or the piano, sometimes taking the role of lead guitar...

Author: By Jill Curtis, | Title: Through the Morning, Through the Night | 11/17/1969 | See Source »

PENN-LEHIGH: The Engineers are quite carried away with themselves after last week's upset of Rutgers, and with reason. No preseason picker thought Lehigh would be too tough, and now the fools are regretting it. I have a feeling that the Engineers, rather than coasting after their big win, will be up, in a strict ideological departure from the yoyo tendencies which some football teams display. Meanwhile, Penn has a bunch of injured players. They will play each other on the astroturf, but the Ouakers are too down in the dumps. Look for Lehigh...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 10/18/1969 | See Source »

...five sports writers for the Daily Pennsylvanian made their ?vy League title predictions public a few days ago. Three picked Penn first, one chose Princeton, and one saga?ious picker selected Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Still Holds Top Position In Weekly AP New England Poll | 10/2/1969 | See Source »

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