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Speaking as the only Egyptian entrant, Jamil el Reedy said, "I was a little bummed out that I fell in the giant slalom, but that's O.K." Born in Cairo, raised in Plattsburgh, N.Y., El Reedy, 18, prepared mentally for the Games by following his father's wishes and holing up in a desert cave for 40 days. No one on Bjelašnica had a more intimate knowledge of scorpions. "When I got here, I expected a lot more 'Look at him' stuff from the others. But instead they've all been helping...
...produced an abundance of wheat and corn. During World War II, a need for a fast, cheap protein spurs the Government to subsidize an increase in turkey raising. The larger output can easily be handled at the local processing plant, owned by Safe-buy, an early entrant in agribusiness. Eventually overproduction and falling demand leave farmers with too many birds and no money to pay back bank loans. Safebuy can then pursue "vertical integration," headquarters jargon for buying distressed land cheap and getting the former owners to work it for wages. Ironically, the capitalists soon discover themselves in the same...
...craziness has a fine ring to it while it lasts. One of the most appealing adventure stories of recent years is what might be called the Every Now and Then Transatlantic Singlehanded Ridiculously Small Boat Derby. The first entrant was the late Robert Manry, a Cleveland newspaperman who in 1965 sailed across the Atlantic in his 13½-ft. Tinkerbelle, a craft so tiny that it looked like a bathtub toy. Years passed-it takes a certain sort of person to enter the Ridiculous-and last year Briton Tom McClean sailed from Newfoundland to England in an absurd craft called...
Dartmouth, a token entrant in this regatta (having never won it) since its inception in 1955, limped to the finish line well behind the two Cambridge boats...
King declared his candidacy Saturday and is the first official entrant into the race...