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...ways. He did chores on a family farm down the Mississippi River in Red Wing, Minn. Another time he used his vacation to work as a lifeguard, track coach, truck driver and general factotum at a Y.M.C.A. camp in Wisconsin. Though he was not a top student, his all-round achievements won him a scholarship to Princeton, which he declined because it did not pay enough...
...industrial workers and 280,000 peasants for the heroic propaganda and purification push, or, as Peking labels it, the "purification of class ranks in the coun tryside." In effect, the campaign her alds the official wind-down of the Cultural Revolution, a finale that is to climax in "all-round victory...
...Valachi's case, appearances are deceptive; gourmet skills plainly take second place to adeptness as an all-round hood. A "soldier" in the Cosa Nostra for more than 30 years, Valachi has, by Justice Department count, a murder to show for every year. Most recently, on a June morning in 1962, he beat a fellow convict to death with a two-foot length of iron pipe at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta. By then, Valachi was fighting for his own life. He had received the "kiss of death" from his capo (boss) and cellmate Vito Genovese...
Evans and Driscoll are the standouts. "Evans is good all-round," said Cousy. "He plays a tenacious defense, runs the fast break, and is our playmaker," the famed B.C. coach added. Driscoll, a 6'7" senior, does a great deal of both the scoring and rebounding. Against UConn, the big center grabbed 20 rebounds and contributed 26 points...
Only Tried and True. In celebrating National Day last Oct. 1, the Mao leadership triumphantly declared "all-round victory" for the Cultural Revolution. The stage was thus set for the meeting of the Central Committee, at which Mao and his No. 2 man, Vice Chair-man Lin Piao, were reported to have made important speeches. The most immediate problem, according to the committee communique, is the job of "party consolidation and party building." The faithful Maoist press warned that this vital task cannot be left only to present party members-who might simply revert to the policies of Liu Shao...