1980

It is not enough to aim. You must hit.

Italian Proverb There is something genuinely exciting about the Olympic games. Held every fourth year, they are a showcase of the world's finest amateur athletic talent. And what a thrill it is to root from the comfort of your home when Willie Carrow comes on the television screen. Competing in the grueling biathlon (which combines cross-country skiing with target-shooting), Willie trained for the last four years to compete at Sarajevo. And he was a veritable chariot afire on the course, coming in as the top United States finisher in the 10K event. He finished 20th overall.

You may have had the pleasure of watching the ABC Sports interview with Willie following the race. Considering the limited means of our American training program, everyone concurred that a top 20 finish in the biathlon (which was Willie's goal before the competition) would be a fantastic achievement for an American. Congratulations, Willie. You are an inspiration.

Livingston, I presume? The mailman snickered as he handed over the postcard. On the front were several camel traders squatting around campfires, sporting various headgear and pointing to the livestock in the back ground. Another official photo from the Jackson Hole sheriff's file on Kim McConaughy's 1983 wedding festival? No, simply the latest transmission from foreign medical correspondent Dave Campbell. In a program that would make the Dalai Lama himself proud, "Soup" is an intern at the Christian Medical College in rural Vellore, India. Staffing a mobile clinic, he travels from village to village to deal with everything from malnutrition and leprosy to diarrhea and dehydration. I never promised you a rose garden, Dave . . .

Dave also mentioned the local moonshine, which is called "arrack." That is quite a story in phonetics alone . . . With a bouquet like bad tequila and a toxicity approaching Getty unleaded, arrack sounds like it might spice up any affair.

It is not quite as binary as Johnny Rivers once described it: "Secret agent man they've given you a number and taken away your name but Big John Reed is now working with the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. Following Dartmouth graduation, J.R. earned his master's in government studying South African relations at UCLA. Apparently he took good notes, for John is now a staff specialist in the ClA's South African Affairs Department.

John anticipates a field assignment in the future but he will work in Washington for the next few years. This should come as good news for John's lacrosse teammates. Once a standout on Dartmouth's lacrosse team, J.R. this year led his Washington team to a league championship and the eastern area playoffs in New York. "The hardest part," recalls John, "was finding a shirt wide enough for my special number: 007."

As Old Blue eyes croons, "If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere . . . ," Larry Norton and Ty Burr are roommates in New York. Larry is a salesman in the publishing field and Ty works in the research department at Home Box Office (HBO). While living in New York is exciting, it is no bargain. It seems you have to work like a dog just to live like one. Between rent and parking tickets, we're so broke we can't pay attention . . .

As the Grooms go Tearing By: Thunder of the North Country, John Coco has announced his engagement to Noelle Thabault. Classmates at UVM Medical School, John and Noelle will be married May 26. Following their graduation, the Doctors Coco will pack up black bags and move to Bethesda, Md.,to begin their internships with the U.S. Navy. John, who hails originally from Brewer, Maine, is a master of the "Bert-and-I" one liner. We lived together one year at school and we brought in a cord of wood to ward off winter's chill. I asked John, the consummate woodsman, how long the cord might last. "Forever," he replied, "if you don't burn it."

As the Grooms . . . , continued: PatrickGuiney, inspirational leader of coach Tom Griffith's Olives, has formed a new team. Pat married Priscilla Corneliusen at the Wellesley College Arboretum. Pat and, Priscilla live in Manhattan and are both graduate students at Columbia Unviersity.

Make Way For Ducklings: Congratulations to Donn and Janet (Bensing) Dack and welcome to their daughter, Lyndsay. The Philadelphia area hasn't known such excitement since Mayor Rizzo was featured on "60 Minutes." In addition to her never-ending domestic duties as a new mother, Janet works at Bryn Mawr. Donn is still with Champion International. Meanwhile, as one of the newest residents of Philadelphia, Lyndsay is working on her first sentence, "Yo, Adrienne ..."

Congratulations to John C. "Hans" Morris who has accepted a promotion to second vice president in the public finance department of Smith Barney in New York. He really enjoys making money the old fashioned way. Who says crime doesn't pay? Hans, who 'was an urban studies major, is also a member of the Citizen's Housing and Planning Council of New York.

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