Word: sweatsuited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...years ago the Houses stopped requiring coats and ties in the dining rooms. Said John Marquand, senior tutor in Dudley House, "Before they got rid of coats and ties in the Houses I threatened to wear a sweatsuit to dinner in order to test the rule. I'm glad the Faculty Club is challenging it-or I might have had to threaten the same thing again...
There was even a sharp visual contrast between the two. Tuppeny in his blue blazer with the "U of P" in red on the pocket, stopwatch in hand. The technician. Authoritarian, McCurdy stood next to him in his grey sweatsuit, sweating. He had a beard on his face. For a Harvard fan, the contrast was easily categorized. They were crew coaches Joe Burk and Harry Parker, or even the scheming Lex Luther and Superman, who stood for truth, justice, and maybe even the American...
Personal Force. At 15, petit Marcel climbed into his father's old sweatsuit and began training under the paternal eye of Filippi. At 16, he made his Paris debut in a three-rounder that was billed as the rebirth of French boxing. Pale and visibly trembling, the teenager won a narrow decision over an unknown Algerian, returned to his dressing room and fainted. After turning pro at 21, Marcel Jr. fought 47 bouts against carefully chosen opponents over the next five years, winning 46 and drawing one to become the world's tenth-ranked welterweight. Earlier this year...
Surrounded by such specimens, you stand nude for the weigh-in ceremonies and realize what a wreck you are. Then out of the gymnasium waddles some titan of industry looking like a grapefruit in his gold stretch-nylon sweatsuit. "Hi, tiger!" says Spa Director Ward Hutton. "You've got a good sweat going!" Wearily looking up, the titan mutters, "Hello, muscles." Suddenly you don't feel embarrassed any more...
...look around to see who has caught on. Here is Entry Number Four in a track sweatsuit, squashing and swallowing. He seizes the entire plate of 10 pancakes, squeezes them into a mighty ball and chews like hell. His name is Carl Rausch, 21, a 164 pound chemistry major from Tufts...