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Exiled in an isolated mansion with no liberty privileges, the dozen finalists dug in for one last hellish week of practice, practice, practice. All but the Russians chafed under the regimen. While Anton Kuerti, 28, most promising U.S. contender, kept the other tenants awake into the small hours slaving at the keyboard a minimum of twelve hours a day, the well-prepared Russian trio held their practice sessions to four hours at the most, then blithely played soccer and lounged on the sloping lawns. It was downright disconcerting. "To us Americans, that week was like jail," groaned Michael Ponti...
Reinhold Ruedenberg, professor of Electrical Engineering, Karl Terzaghi, professor of the Practice of Civil Engineering, Gustav Kuerti, assistant professor of Aerodynamics, and Daniel Okun, teaching fellow in Sanitary Engineering, will address the meeting...