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...more opportune time. Earlier in the day, sophomore Tim Ford and Roberts combined to give the aquamen an 11-point lead with respective second- and fourth-place finishes in the 1650-yd. freestyle. But Princeton had bounced back to take a three-point advantage after the 200-yd. breast stroke with only three events remaining...
Meanwhile, Mejía imposed early retirement on all army officers who had served in the high command in previous governments or been out of active duty for more than five years. In one stroke, he reduced any potential challenge from ten generals and 25 colonels. If nothing else, Mejía is determined to avoid leaving office the same way he entered. -By Laura Lopez...
...cold." But feverish imaginations in the world press soon produced far more colorful explanations for Soviet President Yuri Andropov's total disappearance from public life last August: he had been shot by Leonid Brezhnev's son, he was suffering from Parkinson's disease, he had had a stroke, he was recovering?or not recovering?from kidney transplant surgery. What actually happened to Andropov is much less melodramatic and far more logical. Here are the details of his recent medical history, as assembled by TIME from authorities in the U.S. and abroad...
...advantage by removing the issue of the beleaguered Marines from the upcoming presidential campaign. Said Republican Pollster V. Lance Tarrance: "Ronald Reagan has moved from a sitting duck to a moving target." Congressman Tony Coelho, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, described the redeployment decision as "a genius stroke...
Ford suffered a stroke in the aftermath of the 1969 takeover of University Hall, and left the deanship at the end of that year. His turbulent tenure was followed by the tight-fisted rule of labor economist John T. Dunlop...