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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...swimmer will start to feel the drop in oxygen at about 3000 feet above sea level. The air in Mexico City, located about 7000 feet above sea level, caused several swimmers to hyperventilate and "due to the altitude, no one in the meet from the U.S. team swam their best times," Stephie Walsh, coach of the Harvard women's swim team and manager of the U.S. team at the Games, said...
Unfortunately, the London conference does not seem to be leading up to a peaceful settlement. Now in its second week, talks on the future of Zimbabwe (Muzorewa's government has dropped the "Rhodesia" part) are mired in troubles. Admittedly, the conference got off to a shaky start; just before it got underway, the Salisbury government launched a "pre-emptive" strike against Mugabe's troops in Mozambique, blowing up fuel dumps and radar stations and killing 300. When the Salisbury representatives arrived in London, the Front delegates responded by branding Muzorewa and his associates "criminals" and refusing to shake hands...
Which is what happened to Scanlon and Navratilova. They were minding their own business on a side court, methodically overcoming the less-than-dynamic duo of Van Winitsky and Rayni Fox before a few bored passers-by. Then the crowd started pouring out of the stadium when the final featured match of the day ended. It was time to leave--the night session would start in little more than an hour...
...John, making his first start as Harvard's varsity quarterback against N.U., managed the offense well, completing 50 per cent of his passes for 101 yards including the Horner touchdown...
Yale owned the Sprints. Under a cloudy, sullen sky, the Crimson eight never countered an explosive Yale start and couldn't sustain any threat in the 2000-meter contest. Senior Charlie Altekruse, the Harvard captain this year, says, "We knew even before the Sprints that they were a big, strong crew and they could take it out early. That's what they did. They were able to hold on in the middle of the race, and in such a short race, they could push...