Word: spectacular
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hellfighters, the Duke dashes around the world blasting out spectacular blazes in other people's wells. When he isn't hellfighting, he puzzles out all sorts of complicated personal relationships: Will he get back together with his wife? Will daughter find true happiness with Her Man? Will the womenfolk ever resign themselves to their menfolk's dangerous pursuits...
...harder also." He regrets that he did not hold more televised news conferences but claims that he averaged more informal, on-the-record press briefings than Eisenhower or Kennedy. He makes the valid point that these offer a chance to "explore questions in greater depth than in a televised spectacular...
...fast with Harvard getting a quick jump at 2:57 when sophomore Joey Cavanagh picked up a Dan DeMichele pass, skated in and netted the puck from 10 feet. A Harvard penalty at 7:03 gave B.U. an advantage but a great defensive effort by Harvard combined by several spectacular saves by Bruce Durno averted any score. The rest of the period saw more fine defensive play by both teams preclude any further score...
...Harvard into the lead. This time DeMichele passed from behind the goal to Cavanagh who promptly shot the puck home as goalie Jim McCann stood watching. The teams then moved back to defense until the end of the period when suddenly Harvard came to life and only spectacular saves by McCann averted any score as B.U. ended the period short-handed...
Sophomore star Alan Watson bolstered the Crimson comeback by finishing second in the giant slalom. Watson needed a spectacular time on his second run to move into the runnerup spot behind Middlebury's Paul Reed. Crimson competitors Jay O'Rear, Larry Carter, and Captain Peter Carter added enough points to push Harvard into second place in that event...