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...team reported, "like the morning after a nuclear attack." In Dacca, where soldiers set sections of the Old City ablaze with flamethrowers and then machine-gunned thousands as they tried to escape the cordon of fire, nearly 25 blocks have been bulldozed clear, leaving open areas set incongruously amid jam-packed slums. For the benefit of foreign visitors, the army has patched up many shell holes in the walls of Dacca University, where hundreds of students were killed. But many signs remain. The tank-blasted Rajabagh Police Barracks, where nearly 1,000 surrounded Bengali cops fought to the last...
...sightseers also got a firsthand look at another part of hallowed Harvard-the traffic in the Square. The ever-informative Phil launched into a lengthy oration about the jam we got tied up in. "Now this traffic is unusually heavy," he began. "It has been heavy from time to time, but more so today than usual. You'll find that this is a bad time to go through Harvard Square. . . ." But we finally got going again, and Phil directed our attention to "Holyoke Student Center." We learned about Harvard Square, particularly its various shops, and then, since it needed...
Shortstop Jesse Banda followed with another double to score McNurlen, then Brayton pitched himself out of the jam...
Kelly had a one-hitter going until the ninth inning, when he gave up three hits-and the lone run-to the bottom of the BYU batting order. He got himself out of the jam, though, by collecting one of his two strikeouts to end the game with the tying run at the plate...
...earned-run average (1.01), strikeouts (78), shutouts (4) and complete games (8). His approach is devastatingly simple: "I blow them down"-meaning he pitches fastballs 80% of the time. "I don't try to finesse a batter," he says. "I just try to hit the corners or jam a guy and break his bat. I enjoy breaking a guy's bat." He enjoys it so much that he runs to the mound every inning. Once there, he talks to himself constantly, rehashing each batter's weaknesses. "When I'm going good," he says matter-of-factly...