Word: strength
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Based on the strength of Harvard's freshman swimmers and the psychological edge gained from the outcome of the mid-season clash, the Crimson have got to be the favorites this weekend. The incentive to be gained from the fact that this would be Harvard's first ever Eastern Seaboard crown, and the friendly confines of Blodgett Pool are both definite advantages on the Harvard side...
While it is true that Harvard has more potential first-place finishers than any other team in the meet (Bobby Hackett in his events and Ron Raikula in the 200 backstroke are considered practical shoo-ins), Farley seems to underestimate his own team's strength...
These swimmers from other schools could have a profound effect on the outcome of the Harvard-Princeton confrontation. Because that duel stacks up as one of Harvard's front-line aces against Princeton's depth and relay strength, the ability of each team's secondary performers to reach the finals will be of paramount importance. Princeton's "bench" seems stronger than Harvard's, so if both schools' supporting casts are kept from scoring because competitors from other schools displace them in the finals, Harvard would gain an edge...
...Leader Howard H. Baker (R-Tenn.) served notice two weeks ago that the GOP is declaring open season on Carter's foreign policy, ending the "bipartisan foreign policy" of the Nixon-Ford years. Meanwhile, groups ranging from the Committee on the Present Danger to the Coalition for Peace Through Strength are already lining up against the treaty, making plans to pour $10 million into an all-out campaign to defeat...
...have accepted some limits on range and delivery of cruise missiles. But the overall effect of the treaty will be to curb the growth of the most menacing Soviet armaments, while allowing the U.S. to improve its present defense position. Instead of exposing the U.S. to overwhelmingly superior Soviet strength, as its critics claim, the treaty will shift the arena of nuclear competition from quantitative to qualitative areas, where the U.S. has maintained superiority...