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Newspapers know that making heroes sells copy. Three weeks ago, for example, you could not find a major newspaper or news magazine which did not show the morose portrait of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn staring ominously from its front page. We were presented with a hero--the all-American Russian: a patriot, a defender of the free press, an anti-communist, an international celebrity. But in three weeks, Solzhenitsyn has disappeared from the media. I would not be surprised if Gulag Archipelago gets bad reviews...
...sabre performance one of the worst of his Harvard career. "Our showing against Yale brings back bad memories of the Columbia match my freshman year," Rutledge said yesterday. "We lost that one, 8-1, too." Columbia at the time was the strongest sabre team in the country with All-American Bruce Soriano leading the troops...
...high school All-American from Milford, Conn., transferred to Harvard after one term at Duke, where he averaged 19.3 points and shot 57 per cent from the field in eight games with the Blue Devil freshmen...
Freshman Peter Tetlow breezed to victory in the marathon 1650-yd. freestyle event, and placed a close second to Cornell All-American Bob Meade in the 200-yd. butterfly. Sophomore Dave English turned in a solid performance on the boards, taking top honors in the one-meter competition and placing second in the three-meter...
...When Steve Selinger lacked zest and the offensive patterns turned mechanically over and over the first night, Sanders inserted Mike Griffin. The six-foot ragdoll rose to the performance, scrapping on defense and pinpointing passes on the break. Twenty-four hours later, as expected, Selinger, the babyface high-school All-American from Wilton, Conn., came on with long-range jumpers, steals and hustling interceptions that said: "Coach, give me back my delegated position...