Word: blitzing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Total Escape. Belgian-born Gerard Blitz got the idea of starting Mediterranee while he was operating government recreation centers for concentration-camp victims after World War II. He scraped together capital from friends and family and set up a village of U.S. Army surplus tents on Mallorca. The accommodations were spartan, but the club's predominantly French members jumped at the chance to spend a two-week holiday on an exotic island for $30. After that, Blitz added one vacation village after another in North Africa, the Middle East and Tahiti as well as in Europe...
...Blitz's basic notion was to provide "total escape" from the complications of modern society. Even today, none of the club's villages have telephones in the rooms, television or even newspapers. Members wear sport clothes, bikinis or sarongs, and hardly anyone carries around any money. The club's youthful employees, recruited from France and other countries, wear no uniforms, accept no tips and mingle freely with the guests. The emphasis is on food and fun. The club serves hearty if standard French cuisine-langouste à la parisienne is a typical dish-and an unlimited quantity...
...last time the Crimson met the Bruins it staged a three goal blitz in the final period to tie 7-7 in regulation time. Jack Turco scored an overtime goal for the 8-7 victory over an underdog Brown team...
Playing without starter Bob Johnson, who missed the entire trip because of flu, Harvard outrebounded the taller Gauchos 28-14 in the first half but then got outbounded by 11 after intermission. Santa Barbara hit a six point blitz at the beginning of the final period for an 11 point lead and then just coasted in. The closest Harvard came was 17 minutes before the end at 43-36 on a Kanuth jump shot. Then Steve Rippe, David Rex and Gene Rodgers outscored the Crimson 14-6 over a seven minute span to ice the decision...
...CENTER: John Didion, Oregon State, 6 ft. 4 in., 244 Ibs. Centers with pro potential are hard to find in college ball, but Didion comes closest among the 1968 seniors. A crisp, sure blocker, he is adept at opening up the middle, cutting off the blitz or dropping back for pass protection. One scout says that Didion "gets on the linebacker faster than any other center I've seen...