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When Joe Burk and Ted Nash began to build their powerhouse at Pennsylvania, however, the question of Harvard's absolute superiority became less and less of a foregone conclusion. By 1967, the Quaker junior varsity and freshman boats had begun to defeat their Harvard counterparts with regularity, and it seemed only a matter of time until the deep, enthusiastic Penn program would overtake the Crimson at the varsity level, as well...
...year ago at Philadelphia it happened. Jumping Harvard at the start, the Quakers pulled away steadily during the body of the race and went on to a decisive 1 3/4 length victory. To most Eastern crew writers, it seemed as though the Crimson dynasty was finally at an end. "Penn will be at the top of the crew world for a long, long time," Globe staff writer John Ahern prophesied. But the Quaker "dynasty" was to last only a week. Breaking out even with Penn off the start at the Eastern Sprints, the Crimson moved out steadily during the second...
Parker, in a very real sense, has formed the Harvard rowing philosophy. Unlike Nash, who took over head coaching duties from Burk this year at Penn, Parker shuns the gungho, Storm Trooper approach that has been a trademark of the Quaker program since Nash's arrival. He is the master tactician, never panicking, highly analytic-and thus inspires the highest confidence in his oarsmen, win a race, there's no question about it," says senior Charlie Hamlin. "His stress on style and conditioning as well as the calm, rational attitude he takes has convinced us that...
Appearing with the director of research at the Quaker Oats Co., Stare said that the chart failed to evaluate the cereals "the way 95 per cent of breakfast cereals are consumed, that is, with milk...
...chart presented by the Quaker Oatsrepresentative ranked common breakfasts in order of nutritional value. It showed that black coffee alone contains no nutrition...