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...Wall & Sons, a large produce firm that specializes in pork sausages and ice cream (and which, incidentally, is an official purveyor to the Queen). Mark attended Marlborough College, one of Britain's best public (meaning private) schools, before entering the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Though he was an all-round athlete at school, his favorite sport is the same as Anne's-horse-riding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: The Princess and the Dragoon | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

...pair of auspiciously timed interviews (Brezhnev with Stern, Brandt with Izvestia), both men radiated optimism. "I am coming with great interest and good will," Brezhnev told the German editors last week. "I am of the opinion that the Moscow Treaty has created an adequate foundation for the all-round development of relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: Barometer Reading: Clear Weather | 5/28/1973 | See Source »

...world's greatest all-round athlete? ABC-TV and sundry promoters went through the motions of finding out last week by staging a kind of mini-Olympics called "The Superstars." Ten top professional athletes were invited to compete in any seven of ten events, excluding their specialty. In return each competitor received an $8,500 chunk of real estate in a new Florida resort community called Rotonda West and a chance at $122,000 in prize money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ten for the Show | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

...This year's freshman team may be better than last," Gambril said yesterday, and while the point is debatable, several freshmen did have outstanding Harvard debuts. Hess Yatema, whom Gambril considers the best all-round swimmer on the team, nipped Crimson captain Fred Mitchell in the 200-yd. free with a very fine 1:45.1 clocking, and he was used only sparingly...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Swimmers Sink Midshipmen, 69-44 | 12/11/1972 | See Source »

While Miami Coach Don Shula readily concedes that Namath is "without equal as a passer," he feels that his team has the best all-round quarterback in Bob Griese (6 ft. 1 in., 190 Ibs.), who led the Dolphins to the Super Bowl last January. "He's become the team leader in a quiet, intelligent way," says Shula. "When he sticks his head in the huddle, everything he says is gospel." Griese demonstrated his poise in the final quarter against the rugged Minnesota zone defense last week, carefully picking it apart until he found Tight End Jim Mandich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joe Namath and the Jet-Propelled Offense | 10/16/1972 | See Source »

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