Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poet-priest of'50s beat and '60s yippiedom reading his work in a Brooklyn department store? "Why not?" replies Ginsberg, as he prepares to recite such poems as Dope Fiend Blues, Punk Rock and Plutonian Ode. His familiar curl-fringed bald pate and face set off by silver granny glasses, he explains: "I get a lot more older people now, especially little old Jewish ladies. But I like a varied audience-little old ladies, homosexuals, weirdos." What he got, along with the college crowd, were little old ladies in amber slacks and matching sweaters, younger mothers cradling sleeping...
...such race was Saturday's opener, the 1650-yd. freestyle. Crimson sophomore Bobby Hackett, who won a silver medal in the metric equivalent of this event (1500 meters) at the Montreal Olympics, motored to the gold in this grueling race despite being so sick that he required smelling salts at the finish. Hackett's winning time reflected his weakened condition--he went 15:30.37 compared to his personal best...
Right behind the ailing but still awesome Hackett was Crimson freshman Tim Maximoff, who sailed to the silver in 15:41.12, missing the qualifying time for the NCAA championships by only a second. Harvard's Mike Coglin and Chris Hancock finished eighth and 12th, respectively, in the timed final to give the Crimson a 53-17 edge over Princeton in this event...
Saltzman's triumph in the 100, coming after his upset of Hackett in the 200 free on Friday night and his silver in the 500 (behind Hackett) on Thursday, earned him a share (again, with Crimson whiz Hackett) of the Phil Moriarty Award for the meet's high individual point scorer...
Sophomore duo Dan Menichella and Campari Knoepffler then offset the solid performance of Tiger silver medalist Bill Specht in the 200 butterfly by churning to eighth and ninth, respectively, setting the stage for the final two events...