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...Last Charge. The battle neared its end. The Communists regrouped and turned southward against Isabelle. Isabelle was ready. Its 13th Demi-Brigade...
...staffer since 1905, La Gorce is as much a part of the magazine as its trademarked, yellow-bordered cover. The walls of his cyprus-paneled office in the Geographic's museumlike building on Washington's 16th Street are lined with trophies - an elephant's foot, a 13th century crusader's sword, a caveman's club-from his years of globetrotting. (In port cities, La Gorce makes straight for the pawnshops, often finds valuable trinkets that sailors have pawned.) Mountains in Alaska and the Antarctic bear his name, as do an island and a golf course...
...hours, the 13th of March, the Communists did attack-and there suddenly were many doubts. Navarre, it seemed, had badly underestimated the strength, rate of fire and accuracy of the Red artillery, the size and effectiveness of Communist China's professional help, the persistence and training of the Red infantry. He had overestimated the effect of his tactical air power. And it soon became cruelly evident that Navarre had offered battle in a bad spot-an open, accessible and easily commanded plain, not on the high ground. Commented Favrel scathingly in Le Monde...
...other marathon activity yesterday, the Harvard track team won the team trophy for the 5 1/2 mile Lexing ton run. Hal Gerry led the team with a second place finish. Other placers were Hubie Maguire, 10th; Alden Carpenter, a freshman, 11th; and Jerry Maguire, 13th...
...impressive three under par at the 13th, he hit his tee shot short. "I didn't come here to play it safe," he announced to the gallery, and he gambled on a long, bold wood to the pin. He lost. His ball trickled into the brook that guards the green. He holed out two over...