Word: princeton
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...scientific autobiography, the second is his somewhat disjointed account of what must have been a disjointed later career. Why should a man of such acknowledged brilliance lead his professional life thus--first working with atomic energy, then space missions; now testifying before the Supreme Court, now tutoring the Princeton prodigy who independently discovered the atomic bomb? Because, it seems, he gave up on himself as a pure theoretical physicist. "I was," writes Dyson, "and always have remained, a problem solver rather than a creator of ideas. I can not, as Bohr and Feynmann did, sit for years with my mind...
...Dyson's heroes. There's Frank Thompason, the idealistic poet, who went down in action in Yugoslavia, a political hero fighting for a noble cause; there is the humble black woman who served with Dyson on a committee to decide if DNA research was to be allowed at Princeton; and lastly there's his own son, who makes canoes in British Columbia, and whom Dyson saw save two lives in a way that contrasted sorely with the rankling memory of his own inability to do the same many years...
Julian Mack, whose mid-season return sparked the Crimson's win over Princeton last year, has decided to hang up his Speedo for good. Jim Carbone and Gauthier figure to fill Mack's sprint role. The addition of this year's talented crop means that no one can again accuse Harvard of being the "Bobby Hackett Swim Club." Lundberg and others will score individual points at NCAAs, and all three Crimson relays are now definite contenders for spots in the finals at that meet...
...with ace Bobby Hackett, hoping to grab an early lead and hold on. Hackett got the lead, Julian Mack increased it slightly and Jack Gauthier gave Harvard a body-length edge going into the final leg. It was up to Mike Coglin to stave off the challenge of Princeton's 200 freestyle champion, Andy Saltzman...
Saltzman narrowed the gap to a quarter of a body length over the first six laps, but Coglin refused to be beaten. Harvard's winning time of 6:41.84 was a mere .03 seconds better than the Tigers, but the stunnning victory sank Princeton's title aspirations and sent the capacity Blodgett crowd into hysteria...