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...cascading into the command tent where Staff Sergeant Alexander M. Ortega, 25, was getting batteries for radios. Just outside the tent, Second Lieut. Donald G. Losey Jr., 28, was running from one bunker to another, checking on his men. Both men were hit by shrapnel and died shortly thereafter. Fourteen other Marines were wounded before the fighting finally subsided...
...selected to appear on-camera for about 15 seconds at a time, carrying placards inscribed with their names, the names of the missing and a brief description of how they were separated. Announcers read the placards to viewers while the cameras zoomed in on the faces of the searchers. Fourteen telephone lines were open, awaiting inquiries from viewers who thought they were being sought, or who recognized the placard bearers...
...Rosovsky adds quickly that the image still fits the way in which his schedule continually takes care of itself. "The job is one in which you are overwhelmed by events continually. Much of your time is spent muddling though, doing the best you can," he says. "Fourteen people a day, a half-hour--that's perhaps the most difficult aspect of it. I'm not going to miss...
Abdul-Jabbar is more of an aesthete, a sky-hooker, not a slam-dunker, devastatingly shy. He has never been able to hide the shame of his height. Fourteen years ago, Abdul-Jabbar (né Lew Alcindor, U.C.L.A. '69) told Teammate Jon McGlocklin that he intended to play no more than five seasons of pro ball. Recently he ran into McGlocklin, who reminded him of this. It started Kareem reflecting on this job that he has only lately considered a profession. "It's getting to be scary," he says, "all the teammates and opponents who have come...
...Fourteen students withdrew from Applied Mathematics 110. "Introduction to Computer Programming" last Monday, following the Administrative Board's unusual decision to extend the deadline for withdrawal from the course by three weeks. Jay A. Halfond, associate registrar, said yesterday...