Word: placing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...harriers copped first and third place in the race. Darlene Beckford edged Annie Sullivan, a former Crimson stalwart who transferred to Brown...
Kevin "the Villain" Skelly, another freshman, further brightened the future for Harvard tennis as he captured first place in the "C" division, beating Tiger and top seed John Lowe in the semis and Lowe's teammate, Flip Ruben, in the finals, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Ruben previously had beaten Harvard sophomore Alex Seaver in the first round...
...autumn air in the garden, whispering softly (in case the bushes were bugged). Then, to pass the time, I thought of taking a drive. After ten minutes, restless and wanting to confer more privately with Haig, I asked the driver to stop the car at a place where Haig and I could walk. He pulled over at a spot where the trees lining the road suddenly opened up to reveal a small lake. Picnickers were spreading out their food on checkered tablecloths; couples were lying under the trees. The sky had the mellow blue of the early French autumn...
...signature by foreign ministers would take place in Paris on Jan. 27. As a sop to Rogers, I had agreed not to attend the final culmination of these efforts. What we had struggled, prayed, hoped and perhaps even hated for-the end of our involvement in Indochina, and peace-was about to be celebrated...
...days after Richard Nixon's second Inaugural, I left for Paris for the final meeting with Le Duc Tho. It was to take place for the first time on neutral and ceremonial ground in a conference room at Avenue Kleber, the scene of 174 futile plenary sessions since...