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...reversing his present slump. He remains a master of radio and television, as he demonstrated two weeks ago in a smooth defense of his foreign policy on national television. A Paris Match poll conducted after that performance reflected a momentary gain of several percentage points in Giscard's first-round electoral chances. The President, moreover, is no doubt counting on French voters to follow a time-honored pattern: a brief flirtation with the left in the first ballot, followed by a rush to the center-right when it really counts...
...dislocated a finger at the 16-minute mark of the first half, and was absent from the Harvard lineup for the remainder of the game... McLaughlin, anticipating the fast-paced transition game, started Carrabino at center in place of 6-ft., 10-in. Bob McCabe. The freshman proved his coach right, with an excellent game in the pivot... The Portland Trail Balzers' Kermit Washington was the last American University player to make it big in the pros. Boo Bowers, whom NBA general managers say is a potential first-round draft choice, will be the next...
...record, the stick-women received an opportunity to return to post-season play after a year's absence because not enough qualified teams applied to the EAIAW Division I tournament. Of course, with a 4-7-4 record entering the event, they were the last seed and played their first-round game against the top-seeded Wildcats, whom they had tied in Durham September...
Ironically, the only team Harvard managed to tie is number-one seed New Hampshire--its first-round opponent...
...helped Sweden's Davis Cup team to a first-round victory in the European Zone competitions. Borg was then the youngest player ever to take part in Davis Cup competition. > At 17 he won the French Open Tennis Championship, a title he has now captured a record five times. He thus became the youngest man ever to win one of tennis' grand-slam events.-Last month Borg won the French Open with such consummate, straight-set ease that he lost a mere 38 games while winning 126. > At 20 he won his first Wimbledon title in a straight-set trouncing...