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...high-ranked Fuchsia team from Berkeley, Calif. He and his cohorts had practiced such exotic deliveries as sidearms, thumbers, under-hands and upside-down wrist flips no less than three hours a day for months -but to no avail. They lost in the finals to the defending champion Highland Avenue Aces of Wilmette, 111., who had coolly scouted out the weak spots in the Californians' game. During the match, the winners destroyed Fuchsia's confidence with a steady stream of verbal taunts. The Aces' reward: the Julius T. Nachazel Memorial Trophy, made from a couple...
Robert D. Luskin '72 of Winthrop House and Highland Park, III.; Geza P. Tatrallyay '72 of Adams House and Don Mills, Ontario; and Jack C. Zoetlier, a second-year graduate student in Public Policy, of Checktowaga...
...flags flying and all hands on deck, steamed out of Singapore harbor under a cover of 50 planes and helicopters. Shortly before, the British had staged their final parade at Kangaw Barracks-Royal Navy sailors in the lead, followed by Royal Marines in desert khaki and pith helmets, Royal Highland Fusiliers in tartan caps, men of the Royal Air Force and the Royal Artillery. "It is quite an occasion-an historic occasion," said Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett, the last head of the British Far East Command...
Apollo 15's commander, Dave Scott, and his fellow moon walker, Jim Irwin, are confident that the landing will be well worth the risks. So are NASA's scientists. Located at the southeastern edge of the Sea of Rains, the perilous highland landing site is farther north of the lunar equator than any area yet trod by man. It offers a scientifically tantalizing sampling of four major types of lunar features: a mare (or lunar sea of once molten lava), an alpine range called the Apennines, a deep, snaking rille or gorge and a variety of puzzling smaller...
...alone must not be allowed to bear the total blame, how can he be considered a scapegoat? A scapegoat is one who bears punishment for the mistakes of others. Is he so incompetent a human being that he is totally free of responsibility for his actions? MARY ANNE HARRISON Highland Park...