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Furthermore, in the arid desert terrain of Arabia all the military excuses for the Vietnam disaster are missing: there is no jungle for the enemy to hide in; no demographic sea for the "guerilla" fish to swim in; and no safe sanctuaries protected from destruction by fear of world opinion. Instead of a long, protracted war fought for no clear reason, the planning here calls for a quick, surgical operation with minimal loss of American life against a popularly-understood threat to the "American way of life"--a swift and decisive move which will unite the nation, rather than divide...
Yntema will return to his home in California and work in intensive practice sessions on a long (50 meter) course under a coach from one of the Southern California swim clubs...
...Harvard swim team came out of the locker room for its meet Saturday against Princeton sporting tee shirts that read "Harvard Swimming/Putting it on the line [with] Princeton." The Crimson aquamachine had won 25 dual meets in a row since a loss to Princeton three years ago, and it looked like the Tigers would be the only real threat to the winning streak this year...
Last year, Princeton coach Bill Farley staged a twelve-minute stall between the 1000 and 200 in order to give Loughran time to rest. Loughran then went out and defeated Yntema at that distance. This year Farley instructed freshman Bruce Peterson to take a leisurely swim in the 1000 (he finished three minutes behind everyone else), but couldn't find a way to stall the meet any further...
What each team needs is to capture the crucial second-and third-place points. For instance, besides Loughran in the 1000, the Tigers will swim Rob Maass, who has gone 9:41 over the distance...