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Other winners for Harvard were freshmen Kevin Williams in the 200 freestyle, Christ Kovacs in the 200 backstroke and Sumner Anderson (200 breastroke...
Other strong swims by Harvard included those by freshman Sumner Anderson, who grabbed the 400 individual medley, sophomore Jon Manson, who cut his time sharply in the 200 breaststroke, and Greg Tull, another sophomore who took first in the 50 freestyle...
There were some outstanding efforts--freshman Sumner Anderson shaved eight seconds off his qualifying time in the consolation final of the 400-yd. individual medley, Ken Johnson swam his best times of the season, and senior Co-Captain Keith Kaplan earned a respectable seventh in the consolation final of the 100-yd. freestyle. Paul Watson and Anderson were the only two men to reach the finals yesterday, both qualifying for the 200-yd. backstroke final...
...early days of the C.O.D., the Brookliners and their allies ran each other's campaigns, coordinated their movements, agreed on slates to bring their joint efforts to bear for everyone's benefit. Sometimes one would defer to another, as Sumner Kaplan did to Dukakis by opening up his own seat on the legislature for his protege to succeed him in 1963, or when Fran Meaney left another candidate's campaign to help Dukakis. The first break in this code came in 1969 after Dukakis had agreed to run for attorney general against Elliot Richardson while Beryl Cohen, an ally from...
...office, the old practices would be abolished. The Dukakis people were ready for that. What they failed to anticipate was that Dukakis would not be sure that even they were as good as he needed. Even legitimate dealings with state agencies were suspect if engaged in by his friends -- Sumner Kaplan was denied a judgeship for which he was clearly qualified. Fran Meaney would have been denied an equally justifiable contract if he had not accepted it at the price of Dukakis' friendship. Michael expected his friends to be above mixing public service and any private gain. Even minor political...