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Because of Watergate, many top-notch Republicans feared certain defeat and decided against challenging incumbent Democrats, and the polls show it. Minnesota Governor Wendell Anderson was recently running 48 points ahead of his second-string Republican opponent, while Ohio Democrat John Glenn had a 50-point margin in his Senate race. Watergate has also turned off large Republican contributors, like Insurance Millionaire W. Clement Stone. He gave $2 million to Nixon in 1972; so far this year, he has given Republican candidates in Illinois only...
...top-notch eight, the individuals develop a "swing" that allows a boat to glide smoothly through the water right on keel. Rowers adjust to the imperfections in their teammates' rowing technique, so that after racing a season together, the boat is almost perfectly balanced, and there is as little resistance as possible to the shell cutting through the water. The crew had achieved this near-perfect swing after months of working together as a unit, but it all disappeared with the loss of Howard and McKenna...
...race marked the first time that Porcellian had ever entered a boat at Henley, and its triumph came as somewhat of a surprise to many observers. However, the crew was composed of four top-notch Harvard heavyweight and lightweight oarsmen. Bowman George Host was a member of this year's junior varsity lightweight crew and had rowed at seven for the varsity lights the two previous years; number two, sophomore Ollie Scholle, was on this year's undisputed collegiate national champion Harvard heavyweight crew; number three, sophomore Dave Porter, rowed seven for the Eastern Sprints champion junior varsity lightweight crew...
...buyer's market in the ski equipment industry this year; the best opportunity in years to get new, top-notch equipment at drastically reduced prices. The sales of recent weeks have been phenomenal and they are continuing. A lot of factors have led to the creation of this market, not the least of which is the overflow from the tremendous flood of new equipment models and accessory styles in the last few years...
Harvard goalkeeper George Anderson, aided by a top-notch defense, held B.U. to one goal per period. Action between the two teams during the first period was about even with Boston and Harvard each taking one point...