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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fine individual performances were turned in by Charlie Ajootian in the 35-pound weight and Jim Coleman in the high jump. Ajootian lobbed the weight 59' 1/2", his best toss ever, for first place. Coleman soared 6' 5" for the first time in his life...

Author: By Mark R. Rasmuson, | Title: Hardin Runs Two-Mile In New Record--8:44.2 | 2/24/1968 | See Source »

Junior Dick Benka won the shotput with a 54' 1/2" toss and Harvard's senior quartet finished second to Villanova's two-mile relay team in other collegiate highlights of the meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shaw Sets Mile Mark With 4:05.7 at Garden | 1/29/1968 | See Source »

...disagreeing with party policy. The rank-and-file Cubans are much subtler in their opposition. Some scribble graffiti on restroom walls ("Down With Russian Imperialism," "Fidel, Traitor"). Others indulge in a little spur-of-the-moment sabotage. Sailors or railroad men urinate in bulk sugar; a farmhand may toss a wrench into a sugar-cane harvester...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: A Time for Diversion | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

...harder it tries, the larger the dangers are likely to become. In attempting a little political sophistication, in taking a quasi-French model, the local leaders are prone to become impatient with Adzope's "Africanness," and to toss out many of the traditions. Putting on a Western face, this attitude is tending to make many of its young people uneasy about their own background. But the new system is still a fragile organism, and it may not be able to stand the strain if the traditional culture is toppled...

Author: By George R. Merriam, | Title: The Ivory Coast: Old and New Exist in Awkward Mixture | 1/19/1968 | See Source »

Before the match sabermen Bob Barnard and Son Winfield flipped a coin to decide who would get a shot at fencing epee for the first time. Winfield won the toss and won the single epee match he fenced as well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sabermen Slash Crusaders, 16-11, in Push-Over Tilt | 1/18/1968 | See Source »

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