Word: contenders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Besides, the cross-country skier does not have to contend with the oneupmanship in skiing ability and ski attire often prevalent at downhill resorts. "The guy who skis downhill is in a controlled atmosphere," notes Bob Wilcox of Eastern Mountain Sports Inc. in Boston. "He's onstage, he spends money on clothes, he's into a relatively short period of high energy. The cross-country skier is just the opposite. He's relaxed, he sets his own pace. Skiing cross-country is the winter counterpart to jogging." Increasingly, though, cars heading into the mountains carry both downhill...
...hurdling, as in other track events, ultimate success is measured by Olympic gold, not by automatic timers. In Moscow, Nehemiah will have to contend with the world's best under extraordinary pressure. He thinks he'll be ready: "The only thing that will hurt me will be an injury." Very much his own man at 19, Nehemiah is frank enough to say that he likes the adulation and attention that have distracted so many young athletes on the way to the Olympics. Says the finest hurdler in the world: "I'm going to take advantage...
...questions, the lines form predictably between liberals and conservatives. Convention supporters argue for a budget amendment with familiar Proposition 13 attacks on big government. Spokesmen for the National Taxpayers Union, which has pushed the convention proposal since 1975, admit that they are trying to "straightjacket" the federal government, but contend that a budget amendment could leave reasonable loopholes for national emergencies and wars...
...larger concentrations, which must contend with a higher student-Faculty ratio, the reforms recommend that the departments offer special junior seminars conducted by Faculty members as an alternative to junior tutorials taught by teaching fellows. The seminars would contain a larger number of students than tutorials, thus sacrificing some of the intimacy of the small-group approach. Nevertheless, the seminar proposal would allow students the freedom to choose between small-group instruction and contact with an experienced professor...
...battle of epic proportions (about 6'9" or 6'10") will be enacted at the Garden Wednesday night at 7:30. The sphere-wielding Celtics contend with equally tall musical giants, the New Orleans Jazz, in an NBA matchup...