Word: smiths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Smith did pledge to "liquidate" those organizations inside Rhodesia that were associated with the external guerrilla movements. Until now, his government had boasted about its release of political detainees and the freedoms enjoyed in Rhodesia by Patriotic Front civilian sympathizers. But no more. By midweek the government had arrested more than 200 blacks thought to be linked to the guerrillas and detained them without trial. As he tried to rally his white constituency, Smith raged that Nkomo, who had readily accepted responsibility for the destruction of the Rhodesian airplane, was "a monster" who had gone "beyond the pale...
Whether that conference will ever take place was still the central question last week as white Rhodesians paused to celebrate the 88th anniversary of the founding of Fort Salisbury on the site of the modern capital. When Ian Smith arrived for the celebration at Cecil Square, one man shouted "Good old Smithy! Some of us are still behind you!" No doubt that was true, though it was hard to tell from the tepid applause...
Harvard seemed ready to break the game wide open with a pretty goal early in the second half. Smith brought the ball down the middle and put a through pass on the foot of Keller Sarmiento to the left of the Columbia goal. He slipped one defender and fired a shot at the far post where Walter Diaz broke his shooting drought, slamming the ball home...
...took a run by midfielder Mike Smith, who blooms a little brighter every game, to get Harvard on the board at 31:23. He traversed the field from the left sideline to the right endline, teasing the Lion defense, before finding Yakopec in front for the score...
Columbia 2, Harvard 1. Yakopec from Smith...