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That is when the Maryland pep band strikes up "Hail to the Chief," and as the 14,000 madmen in the stands cheer wildly. Driesell parades solemnly to midcourt, bows his head, and raises both arms, his fingers extended in a Churchillian V-for-Victory sign. Victories have been none too plentiful around College Park in past years, and Driesell, the "messiah of Maryland basketball," is being depended upon to bring the Terrapins to a position of national power in college basketball. Ultimately, he is expected to wrest the national title away from UCLA...
...because of the war. The results have been somewhat disappointing. To be sure, his plan to grant general amnesty to all draft dodgers after the war ends gets cheers from college audiences; he went over so well at Illinois State University near Bloomington recently that the student band played Hail to the Chief twice. Yet in an October sampling of newly eligible voters from 17 to 23 only 5% named him as their first choice; he ranked behind Kennedy, Muskie, Humphrey and Lindsay...
...Bangladesh and the prospect of an early return to their homeland of the 10 million Bengali refugees who were the cause of the war. In announcing the surrender to the Indian Parliament, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared: "Dacca is now the free capital of a free country. We hail the people of Bangladesh in their hour of triumph. All nations who value the human spirit will recognize it as a significant milestone in man's quest for liberty...
...ventilating system. Moments later firing broke out inside the plane. Don Pepe gave the order to attack. "Get them!" he cried. The plane's rear door suddenly dropped open and a stewardess hurtled clown the steps unhurt. One of the gunmen followed, but was cut down by a hail of bullets before he hit the ground. After that, the two other skyjackers surrendered, and the crew escaped without injury...
...Administration, Michiel Botha, presented letters of appointment to Prince Zwelithini, whose father, Chief Cyprian, died 18 months ago. Standing stiffly in a plain black suit with a leopard-skin sash draped incongruously across it, the Prince wept with emotion. Then the crowd roared a traditional tribute: "Bay-ete wenawendhlovu [Hail, noble elephant]," and Zwelithini took his place on a throne of scented tamboetie wood with arm rests carved in the shape of lions...