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...going to be a pretty wide-open meet." Haggerty adds, predicting that Navy, Army, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Cornell will be the Crimson's toughest opponents in the men's meet, whereas Army, Yale, and Cornell most likely will light it out in the women's meet. "And us of course," Haggerty is quick to mention. "We are going to do just what we're here to do--defend the championship...
...slower, less-experienced Canadians held the mighty Soviets scoreless for more than half the game by dropping four players back into their own zone, allowing the Soviets to control play but never giving them wide-open opportunities. When the Soviets got in range, goalie Mario Gosselin was superb...
Mondale had resisted a wide-open debate precisely because he worried about such a confrontation. But most observers agreed that he did not suffer any serious wounds. Said fellow Candidate George McGovern: "It's clear that Mondale gained more than anyone else from the debate by not being hurt during it. As the front runner going in, all he had to do was not make any mistakes, and he didn...
Early one morning in October 1969, outside the Oratorio of San Lorenzo in Palermo, Sicily, the chapel's caretaker watched in bewilderment as a cat scuttled into the sanctuary through a wide-open door. The building should have been secured against felines, and thieves as well. During the previous night, however, intruders had forced a shutter of one of the chapel windows. Once inside, they cut away the altarpiece with a razor blade and marched out the front door with their prize: an 8-ft. by 7-ft. canvas, the Nativity, painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio...
...autos to the U.S. They will be held to 1,850,000 in the twelve months beginning next April 1, a bit more than the 1,650,000 a year provided under the expiring three-year pact, but probably much less than Toyota and Nissan could sell in a wide-open market...