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...saved a game against the Astros by making a diving, sliding catch of a humpback liner into short right. In the same inning he took off after a home-run ball, leaped, twisted backward and snared the ball as he slammed into the wall, injuring his ankle, knee and elbow. "He took it full flight and hit the wall wide open," marveled Astro Manager Walker. "It was the best catch I've ever seen." Clemente also possessed the strongest throwing arm of any outfielder: from 420 ft. away, he once fired a perfect strike to the plate...
Injuries and lack of hockey interest have hurt the Tiger squad this winter. Mark Stuckey, the top scorer with 14 points, has missed the last three games because of an eye injury sustained in practice, and goalie Ed Swift is out with a sore knee. Defenseman Stan Hutton recently quit the team after being benched for a game...
Last week, however, a coalition of Communist, Arab and African countries scuttled the proposal. The Arab states feared that such a convention would be directed against them. The Africans worried that antiterrorist sanctions would impede black guerrilla movements battling for independence. The Soviet Union knee-jerked its support of the Third World. The result was a resolution stating that the General Assembly is "deeply perturbed" by the wave of terrorism...
...stiff" finger, for example, could make more use of an adjacent note. Another result of his research, he maintains, is confirmation that the recurrent inflammations of the hand and arm suffered by musicians are the result of overtaxing their native skills-a musical variation on tennis elbow, football knee and surfer's knob...
...pace. Every other Sunday morning, Felix presided over a musical program at home-as conductor, pianist and master of ceremonies. He was also composer. Several of his operas, a dozen or so string symphonies, numerous concertos and cantatas were among the works thus premièred. Before he left knee breeches, in fact, Mendelssohn was a thoroughgoing musical...