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...first-through-fifth places as opposed to the old 5-3-1 method--for only the second time ever, Harvard (4-0 overall, 2-0 Ivy League) still cruised to victory, taking 12 of the 16 events and clinching the meet with three events still left to be swum...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquawomen Dip B.U., 166-102 | 12/15/1986 | See Source »

None but the French have swum so easily in the rude and mysterious currents of American culture. They found philosophy in our comic strips, published our expatriate novelists, embraced Hollywood movies and dubbed their directors "auteurs." And when the pioneers of bebop pushed jazz away from melody and into the ionosphere of improvisation, French intellectuals were happy to welcome these black American outlaws to Paris after World War II. Bud Powell, the pathfinding bop pianist, settled there in the '50s, made friends and musical history and went a little crazy. Dexter Gordon, a crucial link in tenor-sax bop between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Blue Notes Over Paris 'round Midnight | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...biggest drama occured in the 50-yd. freestyle when defending champion Randy Sprout of Cornell injured his knee during the start. When two swimmers were sent into the water to rescue him, Brown's Bill Barr, swimming in the next lane, protested and the race was ordered re-swum...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquamen Grab Lead In Eastern Tourney | 3/7/1986 | See Source »

While eventually turning into a blowout, the meet stayed relatively close during its early stages. Princeton even took an initial lead with a victory in the first event, the 200-yd. medley relay, despite Harvard's school record time of 1:49.09 swum by Linda Suhs, Allison Greis, Karen Schneider and Lani Nelson...

Author: By Joseph Kaufman, | Title: Aquawomen Crunch Princeton | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

According to Harvard men's Head Coach JoeBernal, excecution will be the key to winningtoday. "Our people need to stop their key peoplein order for us to have a chance at victory,"Bernal said. "Should both teams execute properly,the meet could be one of the best swum here inyears...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bigtime at Blodgett | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

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