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When a reporter persisted, asking again if Beckwith had not argued in favor of continuing the mission, the rugged six-footer bristled and replied in a soft Southern accent: "With all due respect, sir, you don't know where you're coming from. I've been there before, and I'm not about to be a party of half-assed loading on a bunch of aircraft and going up and murdering a bunch of the finest soldiers in the world. I ain't gonna do that. It was a no-win situation...
...iBotes al agua!" (Boats to the water!) Thus prompted by a Spanish-speaking skipper, TIME Correspondent Richard Woodbury boarded a chartered 40-footer at Key West for a voyage to the Cuban industrial port of Mariel. Woodbury expected to complete the 220-mile round trip in 24 hours but instead spent nearly a week in Cuba-including five days under virtual house arrest in a Havana hotel. Woodbury's account of his mission to Mariel...
There are some similarities, though. Seven-footer Pat Ewing, this season a junior, still gives orders in the lane. Another hotshot (Karl Hobbs) deals passes like marked cards from the backcourt...
Griffith, who had a game-high 24 points and started the game with a sensational slam dunk, missed a 15-footer in the final second that would have given the Cardinals a victory in regulation time...
Terrier guard Terry Shinkwin's shooting kept B.U. within eight points until 8:41 remained in the first half, when Providence guard Peggy Egan hit her third consecutive 25-footer to give her team a 20-10 lead...