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...that the Terps look for points to three 15-foot pole vaulters, Cole (21.5) in the 220, Steve Lamb (47.5) in the quarter, Ramsey Thomas (1:52.8) in the half, and George Henry (4:08.7) in the mile. But except for the pole vaulters and Henry, whose time is second-best in the East, the contributions of these gentlemen are likely to be minimal...
Both JV crews looked terrific on Saturday afternoon. Although the heavy-weights beat Navy by only three-quarters of a length, their 6:19.4 was the second-best time of all boats in the final races. M.I.T., which was seeded second in the race, finished sixth, after placing second or third in every lightweight race...
...judges declared Ter-Ovanesyan the winner because his second-best jump was better than Boston's. After two meets, each of the old rivals had won once-and the total margin between them was a quarter of an inch...
...Coach Jack Barnaby hopes, his four newcomers have progressed enough to hold their own (a two-two split would do), Princeton may have to settle for its familiar second-best position...
Belated & Defensive. Formed in Stockholm in 1959, EFTA is something of a fraternity of outsiders-a belated, defensive and admittedly temporary customs union of seven nations that could not or would not get into the Common Market. Britain, which saw EFTA as a second-best alignment until it could ally with the Common Market, has twice the wealth, trade and population of the other six combined. Those far-flung nations range from socialist Norway, Sweden and Denmark through dictatorial Portugal to neutralist Austria and Switzerland. Unlike the Common Market nations, they have no hopes for ultimate political union, no plans...