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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Crimson is by far the stiffest competition on the B. U. schedule. and if the Terriers manage an upset this afternoon. they have an excellent chance of an undefeated season. their first ever...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Gridders Face Unbeaten B.U.Team | 10/4/1969 | See Source »

Rowing in a standard Pocock shell borrowed from the University of Wisconsin. Harvard should have little trouble with any of the other crews. Wisconsin, which finished seven seconds behind the Crimson (fourth place) in the Sprint finals, should provide the stiffest challenge...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: Heavies Row In Cincinnati | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

...varsity squash team, which has routinely thrashed all its opponents thus far in rolling up a 6-0 record, faces its stiffest challenge of the season this weekend when it meets Navy on Friday and Penn on Saturday, both on the road...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Undefeated Racquetmen To Face Navy and Penn | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Harvard's upstart varsity fencing team will face its stiffest challenge of the season Saturday when it takes on Columbia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Varsity Fencers To Meet Powerful Columbia | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

...Americans dominated track and field, winning 15 events, as 15 world records were broken and two others tied. Curiously, the stiffest competition came not from the Russians, who proved unaccountably weak, but from three African nations-Kenya, Ethiopia and Tunisia-which among them won every running event from the 1,500 meters to the traditional 26-mile 385-yd. Greek marathon. Kansas' Jim Ryun, the 1,500-meter world record holder, could only moan, "My God, how it hurts," after losing to Kipchoge Keino, who ran it in 3 min. 34.9 sec.-second fastest time ever recorded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Parade to the Pedestal | 11/1/1968 | See Source »

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