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...Force Captain David P. Westen-barger, who had been on patrol 150 miles away when he first heard the radioed cry of "Mayday." Dropping through the cloud layer to 100 ft., West-enbarger saw an oncoming 30-ft. junk spitting machine-gun bullets just short of Huggins. "Dunk that junk," he ordered four fighters circling overhead. As they complied, Westenbarger splashed down near Huggins, taxied between him and the pistol-packing swimmers, pulled the downed aviator aboard while the HU-16's flight mechanic blazed away at the bobbing heads with an M-16 automatic rifle. Huggins needed only...
Still, landing on firm ground, instead of the warm oceans where U.S. astronauts dunk themselves, has its advantages. The Russians may do it primarily because they possess vast areas of flat and almost uninhabited territory, but they also prefer it. A spacecraft that descends too fast will hit the ground with little more impact than if it hits water. And survival on solid ground is a lesser problem than after a water landing. There is no chance that the men will drown or that their ship will sink if not picked up promptly. Storms do not corrugate the land with...
...Orlovsky and 6-0 Jeff Grate, played almost as much as the nominal starters. "Grate has the best physical attributes of anyone on the team," said Harrington. "He can fly, and shoot real well from the outside. He's only six feet tall, and he can dunk the ball." Orlovsky, though somewhat slow on defense, had the ability to come off the bench and start scoring immediately...
...half ended, Brown blew a dunk shot, and Michigan led 40-36. Brown had four fouls, and Bradley had three along with his 19 points. The fouls showed in the score; Michigan has had 17 free throws, scoring on 14, while Princeton had a paltry...
...Lollipop & the Dunk. A lot of him there was, too. Even in high school, basketball is a giant's game. New York City alone has 50-odd high school players taller than 6 ft. 5 in.-but Power's Lew Alcindor, at 7 ft. 1 in. and 235 Ibs., is a giant among the giants. He wears a size 16D sneaker, and he can palm a basketball faster than a cop can palm an apple. In practice, he stands idly under the backboard sucking on a lollipop, dropping ball after ball into the 10-ft.-high basket-without...