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Strongman Dan Jiggetts helped to spark the victory with a pair of decisive first place finishes in the weight events. The 260-pound senior opened the meet with a 60-ft.-2 3/4 in. toss in the 35 lb. weight throw. Moments later, he heaved the shot...
...additional spark to this spirited free-for-all pitted freshman Elsbeth Farmer of the Radcliffe squad opposite her identical twin Sarah, who swims for Yale...
Twarog's resignation in 1972 because of alleged salary discrepancies between men and women employees helped spark a class action suit against Tufts now pending before the district court on behalf of all females working at the university. The EEOC is handling this suit along with the White and Joost-Gaugier cases...
...pushed the Moslem portion of Lebanon's population to an estimated 60% of the 3.2 million total. Christians responded by making it all but an article of faith to block any census that might change the original 1932 figures. Such friction might well have been enough to spark violence, but the present explosion has defied control because of still other complicating factors. Christians and Moslems alike are subdivided into sects, each headed by bosses (zu'ama) who have used patronage to build iron loyalty, as well as personal militias...
...supporters had been optimistic about the referendum's chances when contacted before polls closed, and said that approval would spark efforts to complete ratification of the separate federal ERA. New York and New Jersey have already approved the federal equal rights measure...