Word: spectacular
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While Crimson fans sweated as the Terriers, seemingly always on the verge of scoring, mounted attack after attack at the Crimson net, Harvard goaltender Wade Lau dived, reached, lunged, and grabbed one apparent goal after another, keeping the Crimson alive with his spectacular play...
THESE rivalries erupted in a spectacular display of pettiness, absurdity and irresponsibility during the party elections in the Diet to determine the new prime minister. At one point, the Fukuda camp set up a blockade to prevent Ohira supporters from entering the Diet. Burly Ohira guards smashed the barrier, screaming obscenities into whirring television cameras. Ohira himself blocked Diet votes on the premiership three times, holding out to retain his power while the Diet remained paralyzed. After futile attempts at compromise with Fukuda, Ohira retained his seat by a mere 17 votes in the first runoff premier election in Japan...
Senior split end Richie Horner, closing out a spectacular career that leaves him third on the all-time Harvard receiving list, was voted the Frederick Greeley Crocker Award as the team's Most Valuable Player...
Malcolm Cooper, three-time Eastern 50-yd. freestyle champion and Jamie Greacen, another of Harvard's spectacular diving team, were lost to graduation, but a host of talented freshmen arrived in September. The team seems ready to meet this year's challenges. Tune in tomorrow for details...
Netminders Wade Lau, Giff Duffy and co-captain John Hynes, all returning from last year, will be solid if not spectacular, and with a little help should keep Harvard in the thick of most games...