Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...strength of Dartmouth's track program first blossomed when the Big Green won the cross-country Heptagonal championship last fall. In February, Dartmouth proceeded to win the indoor Heps for the first time ever. Then last weekend, the Big Green dominated the outdoor Heps with a convincing victory...
Others argue that the absence of a deep-rooted tradition is liberating. Says former Admissions Director Fred Hargadon: "Stanford's greatest strength is being relatively young, which means that the university has considerably fewer traditions and obstacles to overcome in order to make changes." That sort of openness, notes Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy (B.A. 1958), encourages individuality: "The university is very careful to insist that its students remain themselves and not conform and that they develop their own special talents...
...just the responsibility of the professional community to speak out against all of Reagan's idiocies, including the apathy and mysticism now sapping our country's strength. Nor is it simply the duty of the media to carry this message, though they have so far failed in that task. Every rational person must join in a battle, in our schools, in our legislatures, in our national priorities, between reason and unreason, reality and fantasy. The foolish, stubborn old man who leads the opposing side must go, and all his ilk with him. We will never be able to confront...
...competition this year was so much tougher due to the strength of Dartmouth," Mayer said. "They just crushed everybody in the men's competition...
...main strength of our team is in the freshman and sophomores," Mayer said. "We have a good base. Next year Harvard's going to jump up and surprise a lot of teams...