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...higher stroke rate was a blessing in disguise however, as Harvard began slowly to inch its way past the Tigers, gaining with every stroke...
Factory groups and partisan organizations sent telegrams to Belgrade vowing to sacrifice their lives in defense of "every inch of territory." Long lines of cars began to snake backward at the border crossings, as Yugoslav guards suddenly began punctilious examinations of every vehicle entering or leaving Zone B. After Italian and U.S. forces joined in NATO naval exercises off the Adriatic coast, Belgrade mustered its own armada in a countershow of force. Last week Tito lambasted both Italy and the U.S. for endangering the security of the area with their maneuvers...
Tomorrow afternoon in the Milwaukee Arena, the Boston Celtics begin battle to capture their 12th National Basketball Association championship. In this quest, one insurmountable object towers in their way: seven-foot three-inch Kareem Abdul-Jabbar...
...prefer the slothful breed of the '60s, people who thought their future lives--and this was wonderful--would bear no resemblance to their pasts, and who, when called upon to discipline their personalities, to get on with it, just stood there dumbfounded, refusing to budge a calculated inch. Better to wander here in circles through the bright trappings of that discarded future...
Harvard's running thinclads had little trouble outnavigating their Ivy rivals through the four-inch puddles in the first lane. Crimson quarter miler Nick Leone proved to be Harvard's finest swimmer, negotiating the rain-soaked course in 49.7. Harvard's Joel Peters came in a strong second behind captain Leone...