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When Kissinger and Tho met on Tuesday (their 24th round of talks in 3½ years), the atmosphere was surprisingly amiable, and instead of the anticipated two days of hard bargaining, final agreement came in just four hours. Photographers were called in to record the initialing of a completed pact by Tho and Kissinger, although this fact was not disclosed. The historic announcement was left to simultaneous broadcasts in Washington, Saigon and Hanoi...
Gerry didn't have to get up to go to Syracuse that morning, and had the luxury of sleeping until 7 a.m. He was one of 150 cadets chosen to participate in SCUSA XXIV, the United States Military Academy's 24th Annual Students Conference on United States Affairs, and for the four days of the conference, he was excused from all regular West Point duties. Like everything else at West Point, participation in the conference involved competitive selection. The Academy wanted outsiders to see its brightest and best. The Cadets at SCUSA were chosen for their interest and ability...
Kirkland House finished 22nd in the intermediate eights competitions, pacing a House effort that included a 24th by Mather, a 28th by Winthrop, and a 30th by an Eliot House crew that never officially began the race as they missed the starting gate...
COMPARED with many other peoples, Americans do not live very long. Though the U.S. leads the world in most measures of material success-personal income, production, profits-in life expectancy it ranks only 24th for men and ninth for women. American men live an average 67.1 years,* and American women 74.6 years. Men survive longer in most Western European nations, as well as in Japan, Israel, Greece, East Germany, Australia and some other countries. Indeed, in Norway, Denmark and The Netherlands, men live longer than 70 years on the average; in Sweden, the world's leader, male longevity...
...plagued him throughout the regular season. Valentine, who nearly missed the finals after an unimpressive performance in the preliminaries, could not get untracked in Friday and Saturday's competition. He dropped twelve straight bouts in the first phase of the finals and six more the next day to finish 24th in the tournament...