Word: silver
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thin skis caught beneath a crust of rough ice. The President of the United States went down hard. The consequences of this tumble were clearly visible when he returned to snow-paralyzed Washington the next day: an ugly purple bruise the size of a silver dollar over his right eye, several bright red scratches on his cheek, a puffy lip and a slight limp. It took the deftest ministrations of his makeup woman to hide the wounds before public appearances...
...free relay last night. Or consider the unfortunate fact that Geoff Seelen banged his head on the starting block while pulling himself up for the start of the 100 backstroke after looking like a shoo-in for his first Eastern gold, and consequently had to settle for a silver...
Princeton can match that with at least a silver from lanky sophomore John Christensen in the 200 breast and a certain medal from butterflier Bill Specht. Specht, however, is unshaven (he's saving it for the NCAA's) and took only fourth in last night's 100--"his best event" according to coach Farely. So he may not be able to swipe the gold in the 200 fly final--which might include Harvard hero Mike Coglin and hopefully will see Campari Knoepfler and Dan Menichella in the field...
Other questions remain. Can Crimson freshman Tim Maximoff nab the silver in the 1650? Can diver Steve Schramm recover from a stitched-up head and a flu bug which has caused him to lose 81/2 lbs. in the last five days...
...respectively. There had been a great deal of concern over whether Schramm, who hit his head on the board two days ago, would be fit to dive. But the former New Jersey state champion dispelled all fears when he nailed his first two dives on the way to a silver medal...