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With two dual meets remaining, the EISL championship sewn up, and a winning streak of 20 meets--the longest in collegiate swimming currently--Bernal is not reluctant to admit he's looking toward Easterns. Tapering has begun for some of the aquamen and he said workouts will be reduced 10-15 percent in the next week...

Author: By Joseph Garcia, | Title: Mermen Sink Big Red, 77-35 | 2/20/1982 | See Source »

...author's view of community and civic ethics has roots in Talmudic law; her images of evil spring from Jewish folklore and mysticism. These influences get their longest airing in a novella with the intimidating title Puttermesser and Xanthippe. The former is a lawyer in New York's department of receipts and disbursements; the latter a female golem, an artificial being that Puttermesser fashioned from potting soil. With Xanthippe's aid, the civil ser vant becomes mayor and turns the city into a Utopia. Unfortunately, it is the nature of golems to turn against their creators. Xanthippe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cabalarama | 2/15/1982 | See Source »

...convincing win over the Tigers virtually assures Harvard another dual meet championship in the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League, with only contests against weak Penn and Cornell squads and the season finale at Yale left on the schedule. The acumen also racked up their 18th consecutive victory Saturday, maintaining the longest current winning streak in collegiate swimming...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Aquamen Sink Tigers, 87-26, Extend Winning Streak to 18 | 2/8/1982 | See Source »

...ensuing 12-play drive was the longest in Super Bowl history, covering 92 yards in all. A 15-yard penalty on Cincinnati's Jim LeClair for unnecessary roughness positioned the 49ers for the score, which came on an 11-yard pass from Montana to fullback Earl Cooper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 49er Victory Climaxes Dream Season | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

...first, but Johnson met his challenge with a leap of 23'11'', his finest jump ever. Johnson's ecstasy only lasted a few seconds, however, as Hartman flung himself through the air for all of 24'1". And at the end of the preliminaries, Hartman's leap was the longest...

Author: By Becky Hartman, | Title: Huskies Triumph Over Thinclads, 75-61 Crimson Can't Overcome Key Injuries | 1/11/1982 | See Source »

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