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...roommate and teammate Chuck Marshall yelled from across the cafeteria, "did you hear? Tutorial's cancelled tonight." Keyte then strode past the serving line the way John Travolta strode through "2001," beaming ear-to-ear as a couple dozen fellow 'Thropians patted him on the back or called out congratulations for his pitching performance...
After Gillette strode off the strip with raised, clenched fist yelling, "Beat Yale, Beat Yale," Bierer came back from a 3-2 deficit to waste Jim Yang, 5-3, and finish a perfect 3-0 afternoon. Homer, patiently waiting as long arguments went on between points, crushed Ed Barskdale, 5-0. He gathered the last two touches with his favorite high parry and then touch to the mask...
...meet opened with intimidation. Four muscular East German women--looking positively spooky in their long royal blue robes, dark goggles, and caps bearing the yellow, orange and black flag--strode up to the four center lanes (indicative of the four top qualifying times) in the 100-yd. freestyle, Saturday night's first final event, and promptly walked away with a merciless 1-2-3 sweep...
...grand tour the likes of which had not been seen since young gentlemen of means packed steamer trunks and set off by luxury liner to sample the rich life on the Continent. The bon vivant strode around a stud farm discussing bloodlines and conjuring up breeding programs for the stallions of his fancy. He dined on Welsh rabbit at a lush country estate, pondering a new business deal with each course. Hobnobbing with titans of industry, he discussed ventures in pharmaceuticals, breweries and public relations...
...most impressive performances of the meet belonged to Peter Fitzsimmons, Mark Meyer and Ed Sheehan, who lapped the sole Brown participant in the two-mile and strode in for a one-two-three finish with times of 8:54.35, 8:54.49, and 8:55.63, respectively. Fitzsimmons and Meyer set personal bests in the race which also marked the first time in Harvard track history that three two-milers ran under nine minutes in the same race...