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Individual heroes should not be singled out in this contest. Lundberg, a freshman from Provo, Utah, set two school and pool records(1:51.61 in the IM and 2:00.31 for his favorite, the 200 breaststroke); Hackett established Blodgett marks in his specialities, the 200 and 500 freestyles (1:38.09 and 4:22.81); and Gauthier came through in what had been expected to be the Crimson's weakness, the sprints; but it was the emotion created by seeing each team member establishing personal best times and consistently out-dueling the highly-touted Hoosiers that carried Bernal's troops to their...
...lanky, blond, Provo, Utah, native charged home uncontested in the last 75 yards to finish at 2:07.45, almost a full second under the old University mark. His time may well be the best in the country so far this season...
...strategy. Says he: "If those who contribute believe that their money goes to support widows and orphans, let me make it clear that it goes to make widows and orphans." While touring the U.S. last week, Lynch estimated that "something like 2%" of Ireland's population supports Provo objectives. He pleaded with Irish Americans in Chicago to "desist from giving support to these people." Said Lynch: "If Americans imagine that they are helping Ireland, they are wrong. They are doing just the opposite...
David Lundberg, from the unlikely locale of Provo, Utah, stands out as the thoroughbred of this herd. Lundberg's performances this past summer earned him positions among the world's top 20 in both breaststroke events...
...years ago dismissed the threat posed by the remnants of the old Irish Republican Army. Their laughter died quickly after the birth of the Provisional I.R.A., whose cold-eyed gunmen began ambushing Protestant loyalist civilians, policemen and the newly arrived soldiers with ruthless efficiency. But a decade of Provo bloodshed, climaxed by the wanton murder of Lord Mountbatten in Southern Ireland last August, has eroded much of the I.R.A.'s support in the largely Catholic Republic. "They started well but now they're Communists," growled a Dublin workman over a pint of Guinness last week. "They...