Word: metered
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...most encouraging was the modus operandi. The crew jumped out in front early in the 1500-meter regatta, and stayed on top all the way. Princeton wound up second, almost two boat lengths behind, and Cornell trailed far behind, almost 19 seconds off the pace...
...harriers also looked tough in the sprints. Tri-captain speedster Joe Salvo cruised to victory in the 100-meter dash in 10.4 seconds, over and out good buddy. Junior Marc Chapus clinched the 200 dash in 22 flat, and the 440 relay team waltzed to the finish line past a Princeton dropped baton...
...Adolf Hitler hoped would be a showcase of Aryan supremacy, Owens won four gold medals in track and field events, a feat not equaled since. The sight of the graceful American's soaring victory in the long jump and his Olympic-record wins in the 100-and 200-meter dashes and 400-meter relay put the lie to der Führer's simplistic myths about race...
...Games. But while Owens' performance vindicated his own belief that the Olympics should not be suborned by politics, it was, of course, played as a political triumph by the foes of Nazism. Almost forgotten is the fact that two Jewish sprinters who had qualified for the U.S. 400-meter relay team were not allowed to compete. And as Owens later noted, "When I came back to my native country, I couldn't ride in the front of the bus. I had to go in the back door. I couldn't live where I wanted. Now what...
...field, the difference was his skill. At a meet a year before the Games, while a student at Ohio State, he broke three world marks and tied another in just 45 minutes of competition. His times in the 100- and 200-meter dashes in Berlin still would have won Olympic medals as late...