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...windswept mountains and fertile valleys of the Iranian province of Fars, where Cyrus founded the Persian empire almost 2,500 years ago, time has stubbornly stood still. The feudal landlords defiantly lead the fight against change, and especially against the Shah's ambitious land-reform program...
...windswept, muddy terrain this weekend, it was a contest of who could stay on his feet longer, and who could kick harder. The Crimson opened the game with its familiar short passes and wing-to-wing feeds. The elements refused to cooperate: the wings lost their footing and the wet ball skidded past Crimson receivers to their opponents. In the first quarter, Harvard could manage only a few pokes at the Penn goal--slow dribblers that George Ralph scooped up with ease...
...Francisco even robbed its East Coast rivals of their most dangerous and traditional weapon--the home run ball. Used to swatting circuit blows in bunches, the baffled Bombers smashed only three homers in 63 innings of play at spacious Yankee Stadium and windswept Candlestick Park...
...their tents at 6 a.m., the boys run three-quarters of a mile to a frigid stream and plunge in. They spend hour after hour training muscles, learning survival techniques, studying mountain-craft, developing leadership. In between come big endurance tests: a five-day climb in windswept high country, a six-mile run up and down mountains (best boy's time so far: 38 min. 10 sec.), a 50-mile hike to test speed and accuracy over a specified route, a 48-hour session alone in the woods without food, which becomes a lesson in the edible qualities...
Mostly, they were homesick for their windswept island and wanted again to feel pride in eating what they grew, wearing what they made, and living out a life that was hard but simple and eminently suited to their spare tastes. Willie Repetto, the 60-year-old leader of the islanders, claims, on the basis of a Royal Society expedition, that the lava flow has actually improved the island by creating a breakwater, and last week he appealed to the British Colonial Office, asking for help in returning to Tristan da Cunha...