Word: backed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state-of-the-art molded Robinson plastic shell. Again this year the emphasis will be on giving newcomers a try, as coach Harry Parker will let returning varsity veterans Jay Smith John MacEchern and Charlie Altekruse row in events other than the varsity eight. Altekruse and George Hatch--back after a year off-will compete together in championship double sculls...
...what a story it is. Thompson's subject is Charles Sobhraj, alias Charles Gurmukh, alias Charles Gurmukh, alias Alian Passaint, alias Lobo, alias Alain Gauthier. Conceived in Vietnam and raised in France, the young Charles is shuttled back and forth from his native Asia to the French countryside. As a youngster, he learns the tools of his trade quickly, throwing the blame for his own plots on others and magically convincing those around him to do what he asks. By the age of 24, Sobhraj is a man disowned by both father and nation, befriended only by a lone Frenchman...
More importantly, Thompson isn't lazy; he doesn't let himself fall back on his story's inherent interest and flow. Like James Clavell, he displays a wonderful "can't put it down" sense of narrative. In a nervous, frustrating tale, Thompson is at ease, carefully building the tension and leaving you asking for more. His colorful prose defines the story, and draws it along smoothly. A less talented writer might have been lost along the dizzying itinerary or among the endless crowds of characters. But Thompson is at his best, drawing brief but dffective character sketches and artfully blending...
Handlin has even found the recipe. Take a family, black not Italian, he says and trace it back to Africa. Make sure it's your history recalled by your grandmother and no one will know the difference because you are its living witness. Handlin says Haley really added yeast to his story when he devoted "85 per cent of his attention to the period before the Civil War, the time least subject to reader verification, the time most readily freighted with nostalgia and fantasy for their benefit...
Harvard sealed the victory at 38:51. Walter Diaz beat one back, isolated the last fullback, and slipped the ball to Mike Mogollon who boomed a hard shot off Krahling's hand into the upper left-hand corner of the goal...