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Word: sprints (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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With Dartmouth sprint star Helen Hemminger pacing the Green assault, Dartmouth jumped out to a 42-19 lead mid-way through the contest. Hemminger had three individual firsts and a team first with the Dartmouth medley relay squad. She also set new pool records each time she entered the water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swim Teams Split Weekend Contests In Hanover: | 1/16/1978 | See Source »

...stairways to safety. Some students on the fourth floor prudently stayed in their rooms, which were separated from the corridor by fire-resistant doors; they were plucked to safety by fire fighters on ladders. But others panicked, threw open their doors and plunged into the inferno in a desperate sprint for the stairs. Two oeds leaped to their deaths on the frozen ground 40 ft. below. Said one sobbing Providence student: "People were telling :hem not to jump. I guess they didn't hear." Fire fighters needed only 42 minutes to douse the blaze-but that was time enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Holiday Eve Disasters | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

...climax of the game came in the second half when Kirkland's "Fitz" threw a short pass to flanker Jamie Egasti who temporarily lost balance. Zigging and zagging and dodging all on-coming at-tackers, Egasti executed an incredible sprint to the second and final touchdown of the game, making the score 12-0. Kirkland's Bill Maddox was a key defensive player, making two interceptions and recovering two fumbles...

Author: By Pamela R. Saunders, | Title: Kirkland Still Undefeated in House Football | 11/2/1977 | See Source »

Evangeline Morphos, Senior Advisor of the North Yard, is seriously waking up at five o'clock every morning, quaffing eight raw eggs, and following a Stallone-like regimen of conditioning that ends in an heroic sprint up Widener's steps...

Author: By Ralph V. Shohet, | Title: Freshman Marathon | 10/7/1977 | See Source »

...initial free-for-all primary on Sept. 8, Koch startled the experts by finishing ahead of Cuomo, taking 20% of the vote to his opponent's 19%. As the two surviving rivals started their sprint to the runoff, debating 14 times in eleven days, Koch maintained his poise while Cuomo-normally a stylish and thoughtful politician-began to turn testy before the voters. Cuomo also had trouble, as he later frankly admitted, setting forth his own clear-cut positions that differed from Koch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Cool Man for a Hot Seat | 10/3/1977 | See Source »

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