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Competition for the America's Cup usually is a two-flag duel, with a lone challenger rising to face the U.S. every three years. Next time around, in 1970, the lineup for the right to challenge may resemble All the World's Fighting Fleets. Britain, France and Greece have already signaled battle, and now Australia's Sir Frank Packer, 60, has run up his flag, recommending that there be an elimination series of races among all challengers in Cup waters off Newport, R.I. The defending New York Yacht Club could do worse than take Sir Frank...
Billed as an informal discussion on Vietnam and the draft, the first verbal duel was arranged by Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr. through his contacts with Yale alumni like Burke Marshall, the former assistant attorney general for civil rights; fellow university presidents; and student contacts...
Hedever and Great Power, stablemates of Damascus and Buckpasser, respectively, will probably set a fast early pace in an attempt to tire the front-running Dr. Fager and Handsome Boy. The race may thus develop into an intriguing strategic duel, with Buckpasser and Damascus hoping to come from off the pace to overtake the fleet Dr. Fager...
...howitzers shake the hilltops as they fire into the DMZ and into North Viet Nam beyond to interdict the Communist buildup and southward movement; day and night the dread cry of "Incoming!" rings through the camps as the Communists return the shells. It is a deadly duel of giant cannon more akin to World War I or Korea than to the rest of the war in Viet Nam, and it has long since potholed the rolling scrub hills and emerald paddies for miles around...
...ever use his famous "tailing start?" No. Did he deliberately engage Gretel in tacking duels? Not on your life: pound for pound, Gretel's crewmen were Goliaths compared with Weatherly's, and besides, her winches were nearly twice as effective. There were lots of other ways. In one race, Sturrock was coming up fast on a reach, and seemed certain to overtake the slower Weatherly. So Mosbacher started changing spinnakers; there was no reason for it, but Sturrock assumed there was, promptly followed suit-and the resulting loss of momentum preserved Weatherly's lead and cost Gretel...