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Watery Trenches. Each day the patrols snaked into the rain forest clutched by the tendrils of vines, jabbed by thorns and needlebushes, wearily resting from time to time on the rotting jungle mat that teemed with ants, snakes, and scorpions. At night they placed their tents on the squishy forest floor, undressed and burned the leeches off their bodies with glowing cigarettes. Here and there, muffled pocket transistor radios brought rock 'n' roll from Saigon, but fires were forbidden, and still the rains came, filling trenches with water as soon as they were...
...Minh says that the Viet Cong will win the struggle in Viet Nam because "Americans don't like long, inconclusive wars." These statements indicate what we are up against in Southeast Asia. The formula for victory is patience, an organized population, and a preponderance of men and matériel. The United States can prove Chairman Map and Uncle Ho irrevocably wrong. But it will take more strength in the face of adversity than we are displaying now. A persistent, never-say-die American effort in Southeast Asia can turn that battle into one that the Communists can never...
...Clay grimaced with rage. "Get up!" he screamed. "Get up, you yellow bum!" Under Maine rules, Timekeeper Francis McDonough could have delayed the count for the knockdown until Clay went to a neutral corner. But he didn't. He ticked off the seconds by pounding on the ring mat with a wooden mallet. When McDonough reached twelve, he quit. Liston was still on the floor, and Clay was still in the middle of the ring. Unable to pull Cassius away, Referee Jersey Joe Walcott, who seemed even more confused than the spectators, gave up and walked away. He never...
...will open his newspaper and see "Wrestling" scheduled to be televised over Channel 38. His mind swimming with visions of Haystack Calhoun and the Masked Manler, he will turn on his set and see Harvard's Howie Henjyoji, all 123 pounds of him, stalking to the center of the mat. The fan will switch off his set, muttering to himself "What kind of wrestling is that, anyhow...
Several other factors appear to be on Columbia's side. The Lions will be on their home mat Saturday, always a definite advantage, and their confidence and championship ambitions have been reinforced by the three straight Ivy victories...