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...mutual isolation, incomprehension and worse-occasional beatings or rape incidents. Though Peking has become sufficiently aware of the problem to send advisory teams to boost morale and investigate complaints, countless youths go AWOL from the communes. Many refugees in Hong Kong are ex-students who braved a nine-hour swim through tightly patrolled waters to escape rural drudgery. Even more of the youths simply drift back to their native cities; without ration tickets to buy rice, they are forced to live underground, often stealing in order to survive...
Santamaria Beach in Havana Province was a beautiful swimming area. The water was warm and very clear. As the waves came in from the horizon, I could see different shades of blue. Big leafy trees lined the shore. Clear white sand and a light but humid breeze surrounded us. In bright-colored swim suits, Cubans crowded the shore. Some had radios, cameras and cassette players. Others rode the surf on beach balls and inner tubes. The many shades of Cubans swimming together or relaxing in the sand made an impressive sight. No segregation. No arguments. When we hit the surf...
...Radcliffe swim team quelled a last minute drive by a determined Maine team and won, 72-58, at the IAB Saturday...
Alice McCabe, coach of the Radcliffe swim team said yesterday, "It was a very exciting meet, where everyone's effort was necessary and an example of superb team effort...
...Radcliffe Swim team, one month away from its close victory over Brown, faces even greater opposition from Maine at the IAB tomorrow...