Word: medals
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...should provide a good opportunity for Harvard to iron out any wrinkles. The Terriers lost their one big star when hurdler Dave Hemery graduated last year. Hemery was a gold medal winner for Britain in the Olympics, setting a new world record in the 440 hurdles...
Bill Cleary, former Harvard hockey star who lead the 1960 Olympic hockey team to a gold medal, began his Harvard coaching career yesterday with a victory as the freshman hockey team defeated Bowdoin, 5-3, at Watson rink...
Five U.S. Army veterans of Viet Nam stood before their Commander in Chief in the White House last week to receive the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor. Lyndon Johnson chose the occasion to caution that "other bitter days and other battles still lie ahead." He added: "I cannot emphasize strongly enough that we have not attained peace-only the possibility of peace...
...Manhattan last week to receive the National Institute of Social Sciences medal for "distinguished services to humanity," Charles Lindbergh spoke with concern about man's relation to his environment. "In the short period of time after intellect gained domination over instinct," said Lindy, "it has made man the most destructive creature upon earth." Man, Lindbergh complained, now suffers from an "inability to choose the better from the worse in fundamental values." Let us, he pleaded, "agree to preserve some of the natural environment that formed us. It holds the wisdom to which our tyranny of intellect must turn...
...McLoone, the only senior in McCurdy's lineup today, will be closing out an outstanding Harvard cross country career against topflight competition. Sophomore Dave Pottetti and junior Keith Colburn are the best bets for medal-winning performances. Pottetti proved his mettle with a strong seventh place finish in the IC4A meet, and Colburn has shown flashes of brilliance in recent weeks...