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...Real Point. The Russians claimed victory; actually nobody really won. Though the Russians succeeded in demonstrating that they will not be happy until Khrushchev gets that Berlin bone out of his throat, the allies stood firm in the face of Soviet pressure. But they were also reminded that Moscow can heat up a crisis at any time over Berlin. "Sometimes," explained Dean Rusk at week's end, "these incidents look rather artificial. But that is not really the issue. The point is not whether a particular tail gate is lowered. The point is freedom of access to West Berlin...
...depth is nothing without quality, and fortunately the latter is just as plentiful on the freshman squad. Everett's wonder boy Bobby Leo, whose broken field acrobatics have thrilled fans all season, and team captain Steve Diamond, whose bone crushing tackles have left varsity coaches drooling, are two examples of the calibre of the Crimson yearlings...
...Bone surgeons joined the radius (larger of the two forearm bones) with a narrow metal plate held in place by two screws driven through each end into the bone. The smaller bone was left to rejoin itself. Vascular surgeons joined the major blood vessels, not by stitching, which even the traditionally patient Chinese admit is difficult, but by turning one end up into a cuff over a tiny plastic ring and pulling the other end over the slight bulge...
...gashes in the skin between the fingers and down the back of the hand, and applied strong salt compresses to draw the fluid out. Very smart, said the U.S. surgeons in their critique. The swelling subsided within a week. After two months the metal plate was removed, but the bones were healing poorly, so the surgeons packed in bone chips as a sort of cement...
...scout and follow in the footsteps of Baltimore Quarterback Johnny Unitas, who strode straight from a sandlot into the pros. But most are onetime high school and college players with no illusions. They play for the earthy satisfaction of throwing a crumpling block or making a bone-crushing tackle...