Word: seene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...especially strong in the emerging African elites. But many in that group mistrust the West because of the years of European colonialism, the long period of total support by the West of white supremacy in South Africa, and the continuing refusal to back U.N. sanctions against South Africa. Seen in this context, Harvard is faced with the choice of a policy of ambivalence on apartheid (opposing it in words while at the same time profiting from it)--which can only cause cynicism among Africans--or a forthright stand which could start to win back the good will of Africa...
...himself up in an East Village apartment, and spent years fighting illnesses, poverty, and severe depression. The '70s found him back on the scene, leading some exciting bands and experiencing unprecedented popularity; his Three or Four Shades of Blues (1977) sold over 50,000 records. But Charles Mingus had seen too much to become the grinning elder statesman of post-war jazz--he was far too scarred and too bitter to become America's darling in the manner of a Louis Armstrong...
...fastest-growing winter sport. "It is bigger than the bowling boom of the '50s, the tennis boom of the '60s and the running boom of the '70s," says Chicago's Morrie Mages, owner of the country's largest sporting-goods store, who has seen his sales of cross-country ski equipment increase fivefold in the past year alone. In California, ski resorts that two years ago had only 100 to 200 cross-country skiers a weekend, today may have 1,000. "It started as a neat thing to do in winter for people who were...
Jumbo Elliott calls Nehemiah the smoothest hurdler he has ever seen and, indeed, Nehemiah visualizes his event as a nearly unimpeded run down a straightaway. "I try to run right through the hurdle, as though it's not even there," he says. "A lot of hurdlers, you can see the jump when they run. With me, it's more or less running, then an exaggerated stride for the hurdle...
...think Harvard's depth is a lot better than they've shown (in the dual meets)," Princeton coach Bill Farley said Wednesday evening when asked for a prediction on the Eastern meet's outcome. "Guys like Jack Gauthier and Geoff Seelen are much better than the times we've seen from them this year. They are going to be key factors...