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...German garrison by the Resistance, Nazi troops marched scores of Frenchmen to the Place de Souillac in the southwestern town of Tulle. From every tree in and around the little square, from every balcony and lamppost hung a rope with a ready noose; next to each stood two ladders and two waiting SS men. As each victim mounted one ladder, one of the Germans climbed the other, placed a noose around the Frenchman's neck, and pulled it tight. Then the other SS man yanked away the victim's ladder. In all, 99 Frenchmen, aged...
...were eliminated by one of the top five seeded in the tournament. Neil Vosters, Harvard's number nine, lost to Page in round three. The Crimson's top entry, Dave Fish, lost to William's number one man in round three, and sophomore Dan Gordon, six on the Harvard ladder, dropped his match with Williams' Ty Griffin, seeded fifth in the tournament...
Alain Quasha, who plays at five on the Harvard ladder, was eliminated by Princeton's top player, Sandy McAdoo, who was the tournament's third seed...
...team scores were kept, but Penn clearly had the strongest top five at the tournament. Williams and Harvard proved to be the strongest contenders of the Quakers at the top of the ladder...
...tuition hike at Harvard will probably be just one more rung on a never-ending ladder. Referring to 1972-73, Dunlop said yesterday, "If the costs continue to go up, we have no alternative but to raise the cost of tuition, also...