Word: racing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...situation like Germany during World War II or the U.S. today, in which all of your actions contribute at least in part to the wrong side, you may be forced into terrorism. To the German living in Nazi Germany, he could only exist as a member of the human race by blowing up everything in sight. Efficacy is not an issue. That German could have blown up banks, freight yards, and missiles indiscriminately. His only proof of existence to himself would have been continual destruction...
...McMillan Cup, the North Atlantic Sailing Championship which started collegiate racing in 1928, is probably the most prestigious event of the Fall season. It is an honor to be chosen for the race, and Harvard, because of its high finish, almost automatically qualified for this spring's Kennedy Cup Regatta at Navy...
Despite unfavorable running weather, the Crimson runners set a fast pace at the start which they maintained throughout the race. Until the one-mile mark, Koerner and Spengler were staying with Cornell's two sophomore stars, Phil Ritson and Don Alexander. The rest of the Harvard team followed in a tight group...
After the first mile, Colburn dominated the running. In a series of personal challenges, he sprited in front of the Cornell runners several times, forcing them to run at his pace. Near the three-mile mark Cornell's Ritson collapsed and didn't finish the race, while his teammate. Alexander dropped back to seventh...
...team winner was obvious before the one-mile mark with Harvard's runners grouped well ahead of Cornell, but the individual winner wasn't decided until the final stages of the meet. Tom New led until the two-mile mark when John Quirk made his move to win the race...