Word: poloed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Harvard polo team is not exactly an integral part of the Crimson athletic scene. Its coach, Michael Andrew, is a professor of education at the University of New Hampshire. The team plays its home games in an indoor facility at Rowley, Mass., and receives little attention from Harvard's publicity office. In spite of these drawbacks, this year's polo squad, which boasts a 4-2 record, is enjoying another fine season...
...polo team's obscurity is probably a consequence of the sport's obscurity. Polo is played by two three-member teams. Games last thirty minutes and are divided into four quarters. The mounted riders play one of three positions depending on their location on the field...
...open and Jesus Christ there he was. He didn't look as scary without Bill Russell beside him. He didn't look as scary with a polo shirt, sweater and glasses. He didn't look as scary sitting down...
...bottom of Muddy Pond, and the computer revokes the admission of students from Alameda, Calif. and all of New Jersey. "Next year, we'll try a slightly different system," F. Skiddy von Stade '38, dean of freshmen, announces; "We shall assign freshmen according to their ability to play polo, their lack of resemblance to women, and their likelihood to become rich alumni...
...young lieutenant colonel was not allowed by the bourgeois Polo family to visit their teen-age daughter Carmen. Displaying the determination that would later win him all of Spain, Francisco Franco captured the girl's heart by tucking messages into the hatband of a mutual friend who then delivered the love letters to the bride-to-be. Last week Francisco, 80, and Carmen, 71, celebrated their golden wedding, anniversary with a formal Mass at the Pardo Palace, attended by the Council of the Realm, most of the royal family and leading government figures. "A very quiet family...