Word: wiring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...record-shattering win in the pole vault was unquestionably the top Harvard performance of the meet, but John Quirk almost won himself a share of the limelight with a second place in the mile. Quirk ran a fast 4:04.4, edging out Villanova junior Brian McElroy at the wire to take second behind Manhattan's Tony Colon. Colon finished one second ahead of Quirk...
...survey disclosed that their industries were either operating "beyond capacity" or between 90% and 100% of their potential. A total of 95% of the buyers believed that prices would continue to rise in 1973, especially for such increasingly scarce items as copper, steel, zinc, transformers, electrical components, machine parts, wire, plastics and leather. Lags in production schedules, the survey notes, are forcing purchasing agents to order farther and farther in advance. For example, 21% of the buyers polled were ordering more than 180 days ahead in April, v. 14% in March and a mere 6% in December...
Mather House came from behind in the first heat of the B competition, moving by a surprisingly quick Adams House crew to win going away. Kirkland House edged Adams at the wire to finish second, over a length back of first-place Mather...
...exhibit on journalism would be complete without the Teletype machines that clack out the latest events in news offices around the world. At the Luce Hall, visitors can not only monitor incoming bulletins; they are also invited to take home samples of the wire-service copy that will appear under tomorrow's headlines...
...margin stayed the same until the Tigers began their sprint with 400 meters to go. Princeton sprinted about 10 strokes before the Crimson reacted and picked up three seats in the process. Harvard then began its sprint but again both crews stayed deadlocked down to the wire. And again the Eli crew was out of it, five lengths back of the leaders...