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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only in the weight events did Brown excel, and not unexpectedly. The Bruins won both, although Harvard placed second and third in the 35-lb. throw and third in the shot, enabling the Crimson to score points in every event...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Thinclads Storm Past Hapless Bruins in Opener | 12/3/1979 | See Source »

That desire to excel on the gridiron stems from Casto's pure love of the game. Casto has dedicated nearly 14 years to his favorite sport. Growing up in Southern California his exposure to organized sports came very early...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, | Title: John Casto | 11/16/1979 | See Source »

...post-Stalin era. Why the special interest in a gold medal canoeist? A big clue could lie in the book Cesiunas was planning to write for publication in the West prior to the 1980 Moscow Olympics. The subject: an expose of how Soviet athletes use drugs in order to excel in international competitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EAST-WEST: KGB Kidnaping | 10/22/1979 | See Source »

Field conditions for the upcoming games should not be a problem. Saturday's game is at home on a familiar surface and on Tuesday, The Crimson venture to Boston College's astro turf field, where they should excel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Field Leads Stickwomen Past Cornell | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

Fabian will one day die, alone, and this fact torments him. He sees middle age in every mirror. When his body does fail him, his passionate courtship of polo will end. Without the opportunity to excel, without the ability to mount a pony and fly victorious across a manicured field, without all this Fabian's life need not continue. Hence, the books Fabian has written (he too is an author) warn of the dangers of horsemanship--there's no blithe extolling of the joys of riding here. Indeed, Kosinski--Fabian's creator--himself carries poison with him at all times...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Horse Play | 9/27/1979 | See Source »

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