Word: columbia
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More than anything, the meet was a showcase for Harvard's aquatic power. The Crimson grabbed nine of 13 events and could have held Columbia's point total under 25. Considering that the devastated Lions finished sixth at last year's Easterns, the future hardly looks bright for the Crimson's East Coast rivals...
CRIMSON SPLASHES: The new Columbia pool stands as a monument to the ineptitude of the architects and construction firms that plan and build aquatic facilities. The Lions' home was built without any ventilation system whatsoever, creating a sauna atmosphere which, combined with the excess chlorine in the pool, made it very difficult for the swimmers to breathe...
Harvard 80, Columbia...
...swimming 80, Columbia...
Perhaps the trickiest question about U.S. policy is whether or not the Administration should have allowed the Shah to come to New York, the act that brought about the seizure of the American embassy. This was a serious Carter mistake, believes Richard Bulliet, a member of Columbia University's Middle East Institute, who thinks the decision reinforced Iranians' fears that the U.S. planned to restore the Shah to power, as it did in 1953. Says he: "Those currently running Iran could only interpret the decision as hostile. The admission of the Shah to this country sort of confirms...