Word: ski
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's ski team finished eighth in a field of eight at the Annual Middlebury, Vt., Winter Carnival. Sophomore Ben Steele, however, placed second in the overall individual standings...
...also have no jumpers," Willis added. "We were sixth until we got to the jumping, but we came in last." Willis also noted the lack of snow in the Boston area and the increase in ski promotion on the part of other colleges where there are better facilities, as reason for Harvard's competitive failures...
Only two per cent of the Class of 1971 said they wanted blue-collar jobs. Several, however, expected to earn a living in sports fields, including two who expected to sign professional baseball contracts and a professed ski bum. Other students expected to work in harpsichord building, stained glass work, the Boston City Countil, housepainting, and "random employment to pay off Harvard debts...
...difficulty getting local students to work hard for their man. "I think these kids are into not being radical now," explains Frances Bennotti, a McGovern worker manning a campus campaign table in Durham. Nor does the issue necessarily hurt Nixon. Dick Allison, a tram conductor at the Cannon Mountain ski area, lost a cousin in Viet Nam. He considers the war a tragic mistake, but defends the Administration's pace of withdrawal. "I don't like just walking out now," he says...
Seventh and eighth place finishes by alpine captain Ben Steele in the slalom events were the sole bright spot for Harvard's beleaguered ski team last weekend, as the Crimson placed a disappointing seventh among eight entrants in the annual Williams College Carnival...