Word: events
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard, led by freshman Dave Heyman and senior Rich Gillette, took the sabre event, however...
Although Countryman did not officially win any events, he finished second behind Bobby Hackett in the 1000-yd. freestyle and narrowly trailed Columbia's Pete Scaturro in the 100 free. Two events after the 100, the Yardling from Newark, Del., stormed from behind to capture the 500-yd. freestyle, but was not credited with a victory because he was entered in the event as an exhibition contestant. Countryman's times in the 1000 and the 500 (9:29 and 4:37) earned him the third and fourth positions, respectively, on Harvard's all-time best performances list...
Normally a backstroker, Seelen was called upon to help the team's relative weakness in the freestyle sprints (particularly the 50) and responded to the challenge by nipping teammate Jim Carbone and Columbia's Scaturoo in the two-lap event...
...ends badly and any of the hostages are harmed, however, the U.S. will face a far more serious problem. Though the Administration has ruled out military intervention during the current impasse (there were naval exercises in the Persian Gulf last week, however), it might change its mind in the event of American casualties at the embassy. The Pentagon has advised that air raids, launched from carriers, could put the Iranian oilfields out of action for six months with a minimum of civilian injuries, but there has been no suggestion from any quarter that this would be a good course...
...event, economic sanctions have a dismal record of failure. The long U.S. trade embargo against Cuba has hurt the island economy, but Castro has managed to acquire most basics from the Soviet Union and other suppliers. In the mid-1960s, certain Latin American governments turned to Europe for the military weapons the Americans refused to sell them. There is very little that the U.S. sells to Iran that other countries could not supply...