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...Jenkins connected on 15-of-23 field goals and 17-of-21 foul shots. He was single-handedly responsible for bringing the Lions back from a 17-6 first-half deficit and keeping Harvard at a safe distance for most of the second half. After seeing some of the improbable leaners and in-traffic jumpers that Jenkins hit, some fans may have wondered if it was his birthday...
Columbia's lead grew to 14 at 78-64 with just over three minutes to play. The final minutes saw a futile Harvard press that repeatedly sent the Lions to the foul line. The only drama in the last few minutes was whether or not Jenkins would get the record...
Jenkins got his points and the record on a pair of foul shots with 2:17 left. Lions, 92-77 at Briggs Cage Columbia 32-60--92 HARVARD...
...Trojan horse. In World War II, the U.S. created an entire dummy army unit in southern Britain to convince the Germans that the Normandy invasion would be directed toward the Pas-de-Calais, and it worked. The Soviets are the masters of military wile, although they do foul up at times. In the early 1970s, the U.S. spotted a Soviet "submarine" bent by a storm, a giveaway that the vessel was a fake...
BURNING OIL FIELDS. Saddam is assumed to have mined all or most of Kuwait's 360 operating oil wells. If he throws the switch, the resulting fires could send forth a vast cloud of dense black smoke that would foul the air and darken skies as far east as Afghanistan and northern India. After 30 days, smoke could cover an area half the size of the U.S. But because oil gushes naturally to the surface in most Kuwaiti wells, with no need of pumping, it will go on feeding a blaze until someone puts it out -- months or years later...