Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the team's spring trip to Florida, one of its vehicles of transportation was stopped for speeding in Maryland on the way south, and on the way back home, this same car was arrested for reckless driving in Virginia, but was released from bail after convincing the arresting officer that he had learned his lesson...
...years later, Captain John Smith, having decided he'd had enough of Virginia-he had three times been sentenced to death there-sailed north and discovered the valley of the Charles. There he proclaimed he had high hopes "to take Whales and make tryalls of a Myne of Gold and Copper". Fish there were, whales there were, but gold and silver there were not, as Smith probably well knew. He was thoroughly enchanted with the place and all he wanted to do was attract the interest and backing of Prince Charles so that he could return with an expedition...
...other field events, Mel Embree and John McCulloch each leaped 6 ft. 10 in. in the high jump, Hunt Block picked up second in the long jump, and Ahmed Kayali bounded to second place in the triple jump against a Virginia all-American...
...real big question mark," McCurdy says, "is Fitzsimmons," who came home early after a thigh injury against Virginia...
...second team, consisting of J.V. and freshmen players, mimicked the varsity performance. It triumphed over Virginia Polytech Institute and the University of North Carolina J.V.'s, faulted in close matches at Furman and the Country Club of Virginia, and split a two-day contest with Davidson...