Word: yales
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, Robert Bork, now a Yale law professor, contended that Kennedy-Metzenbaum is symptomatic of a new anti-bigness mentality in the highest reaches of Government. Though most conference participants felt that large companies compete as ferociously and fairly as small firms, they were told by Economist Walter Adams of Michigan State University that antitrust has political as well as economic elements. Said he: "The objective of antitrust is not to promote efficiency and consumer welfare. These are only ancillary benefits that are expected to flow from economic freedom. The primary purpose of antitrust is to perpetuate and preserve...
...quickly as the joy had erupted, disaster struck back. After a torrential downpour held up the races for 15 minutes, the freshmen heavies embarked on the Grand Finale. As the boats came into the view of the crowd gathered at the home stretch, Yale held about a half-length lead on Harvard and Northeastern. With just 400 meters to go and the boats in an all-out sprint to the flag, the Harvard eight suddenly stopped dead, Cornell and Wisconsin whisking past like a pair of flashes...
...varsity lightweight boat that had come to Worcester screaming "No prisoners" louder than ever and vowing revenge for the May 6 loss to Yale, was just one of four boats that could not make up the difference. After rowing furiously hard through the middle 1000 meters of their race, the lights fell victim to exhaustion in the closing sprint. The Elis took an obnoxiously comfortable win while hard-charging Princeton closed with a flourish that left Harvard third...
...coach Peter Raymond watched his charges leave the boat in funereal silence, seven seat Pasha Lakhdhir remained on the dock, his feet resting in the boat and his head buried in his arm. The letdown, the sudden drain of adrenalin and the misery of a second loss to despised Yale kept him rooted there for a good three minutes. Finally Raymond's hand descended to grab the hand of his disconcerted oarsman, and the pair walked away from the shell for moment, in the somber aftermath of defeat...
That bond, and the improved rowing it produced, surfaced rapidly--fast enough so that by May 6, the J.V. eight stormed into Derby, Conn., and came away with the only victory Harvard could post over Yale that...