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...thigh. The fourth, Dr. Heaton found, was the most serious: it had entered through the upper right thigh and stopped at the base of the spine. The doctor's recommendation was an operation at the Canal Zone's famed Gorgas Hospital. At 3 a.m. a blue ambulance crept through the lonely, moonlit streets of Managua. Only four hours after Heaton's Constellation reached Managua, it was headed toward Panama with Somoza, his wife, and the task force of doctors. At Gorgas four surgeons, including Heaton, worked for four hours and 20 minutes removing the bullets...
...location of the cave is still kept secret to protect it from destructive sightseers. But one honored guest, the Abbe Henri Breuil, dean of French prehistorians, was invited to inspect the find. Although 79 years old, he crept through the cave's winding corridors and examined the animal drawings. He declared them "among the most beautiful specimens of prehistoric art yet discovered," estimated they were late paleolithic, probably between 15,000 and 20,000 years...
...Admirals jumped into an early lead, rowing a lung-bursting 41 strokes a minute. But the younger college boys in the other crews hung on. Undefeated Cornell was closest, followed by Washington, Yale, Wisconsin. The Admirals could not keep it up. Slowly, the big Yale crew inched by; Cornell crept up. In the last 500 meters the Admirals made a final bid. It failed, and they fell back. The triumphant Yale crew slipped past the finish to win the Olympic berth by an easy three-quarters of a length over Cornell, whose closing drive brought them in second, a full...
After the fourth day, desperation crept into the column: "First thing this morning, the John in the kids' bathroom got stopped up. Everybody had to use Mommy's and Daddy's. This is like rerouting rush-hour traffic over a goat path." Baby Ned had developed diaper rash, Melina was running a slight temperature. Sally would not eat her oatmeal, and it had looked like rain; so the wash had to be hung in the garage. Admitted the columnist: "My efficiency rating took a nose dive. I failed to get dinner started. I got the kids...
...Harvard closed the gap to half a length, the Tiger cadence of 31, which it maintained through the body of the race, rose methodically to 34 and the shell crept steadily ahead. Despite a final burst, which took the stroke to 38, the Crimson fell behind--apparently spent by an effort which in any other year and against any other crew would have meant victory...