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...Shawn O'Rourke has been the heart of Yale's offense, and earned Ivy League Player of the Week Honors for his five goals and nine assists in the two contests. He ranks second in the league in overall scoring (18g, 16a) and first in Ivy League scoring (8g, 9a...
...ceremony officially transferring custody of the Americans from Algerian intermediaries into U.S. hands, the returnees found themselves back in the grasp of a benevolent bureaucracy. They were asked to line up by alphabet: those with last names starting from A to K were directed to board one U.S. C-9A Nightingale hospital plane; the rest were assigned to a sister aircraft. Now the rain stopped, stars became visible and some of the Marines broke into a sprint for the waiting planes. The winner of the race thrust his arms in the air and shouted: "God bless America...
...Americans to the airport during the night, when there would be little traffic or crowds along the highways. The Algerian airliner, perhaps escorted by U.S. fighter planes, would take them to Algiers, thus confirming the Americans' release and setting the exchange of money into motion. Two U.S. C-9A Nightingale hospital planes from Rhein-Main Air Base in West Germany would then pick up the ex-hostages in Algiers for the roughly two-hour flight to Frankfurt, near the U.S. Air Force's 235-bed hospital in Wiesbaden, West Germany, America's best military hospital in Europe...
...Rhein-Main air base 25 miles away, two white C-9A Nightingale hospital planes are on 24-hour stand-by to fly to any European or North African destination to pick up the precious passengers. By every means that can be foreseen, from both a medical and psychological point of view, the way is being smoothed for the hostages' arrival. Says a State Department official involved in planning for the hostages' reception: "The first hours, even the first two days, are a very delicate time. They should be free of any pressures. They need to take a deep...
Roberts' desire to improve was and still is reflected in his consistent attendance at each week's ten practice sessions. During his first Harvard reading period, he stayed up all night, completed a Hum 9a paper at 6:45 a.m., ran to morning workout, then studied all day and--without a wink of sleep--returned to the pool for more practice that evening. He paid the price for his enthusiasm with a case of the flu and some missed practices...