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Harvard captain Phillipe Bennett did not find the foiling as smooth, however, as he was cut down by the Cross' captain, Steve Holland. John Major and Larry White were both on target with their blades and the Crimson appeared headed for a quick victory against the gang from Worcester...
...adviser to Queen Wilhelmina and her government in exile. After earning his fighter-pilot wings with the R.A.F., he organized a Dutch air squadron in 1942; two years later he became commander of the Dutch infantry brigades, including the vast underground army that fought with the Allies to liberate Holland...
...Sheila Young and Japan's Makiko Nagaya. Averina has no equivalent among the men, but Soviets hold four of five world marks. Impressive, but somewhat deceptive. The records were all set at high altitude, in Alma-Ata, near the Chinese border. That might mean that American Peter Mueller, Holland's Hans van Helden or two Norwegians, Jan Egil Storholt and Sten Stensen, can upset the Soviets...
...Holland there was general relief when Catholics learned that Willebrands, not a right-winger, was coming. Conservative Bishop Simonis saw Paul's choice of a key aide as proof of his "love for The Netherlands." Others were less glowing, since Willebrands was not on the list of three nominees submitted by the Dutch hierarchy. Carped the Protestant daily Trouw: "The move possibly indicates a love for the Dutch church situation, but it certainly does not betray much confidence...
When he flies to Holland this month or next, Willebrands will find that Simonis' once embattled diocese has calmed down, but Gijsen's domain-where a poll shortly after his appointment showed that a vast majority of priests opposed their new bishop-is as tense as ever. In Holland some married priests continue to wink at Vatican rules and act as ministers in liberal parishes. Attendance at Mass has plummeted 50% in a decade, and in 1973 only seven diocesan priests were ordained. Willebrands has ranked high in speculation on candidates to succeed Paul...