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...President Bill Clinton awarded him the Medal of Freedom?America's highest civilian honor. DIED. EDDIE FUTCH, 90, a boxing Hall of Famer who trained 20 world champions, including Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Riddick Bowe, Michael Spinks and Trevor Berbick; in Las Vegas. Fighting legend and former Golden Gloves lightweight champion, Futch won attention when he threw in the towel for Smokin' Joe in the 1975 "Thrilla' in Manila" bout against Muhammad Ali. DIED. ALEXANDRE BYIDI-AWALA, 69, one of Africa's best-known authors; in Douala, Cameroon. Under the nom de plume Mongo Beti, he wrote novels and essays...
...Harvard lightweights came away satisfied, though with less success in the Lightweight Eight event. The first lightweight boat, under Charles River Rowing Association, finished in seventh with 15:13.93 while the second boat finished in 20th place out of 20 boats in 16:58.43 after receiving a one-minute penalty...
...Radcliffe lightweight boats also performed very well, with the Black and White taking third place in the Lightweight Eight and eighth in the Lightweight Four...
...It’s the first test of the year to see where we measure up in long distance races,” said Harvard lightweight co-captain Joe Finelli. “It’s been a long summer. It’s impossible not to look forward...
...attacks on Arafat will come from the PFLP organization in Damascus rather than in the West Bank or Gaza. Arafat decided to arrest at least eight of them. The Popular Front, for him, is a lightweight boxer that he can easily knock down. But he would suffer from the campaign they would launch against him from Damascus, which started yesterday with accusations that the arrests are aimed to serve only the interests of the Americans and Israelis...