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...relay to jump out to a 7-0 lead, Hackett stepped up to the blocks for his specialty, the 1000-yd. freestyle. As the swimmers left the blocks, one jumped the gun, but--unable to hear the recall shots--they continued into the first turn. When one of the lap counters made a valiant attempt to stop Hackett, he cut the Olympian's foot open in the process. The meet stopped while Hackett was taped up by the trainers. Hackett then proceeded to reel off a smoking 9:05 in the race (certainly the fastest time in the nation...
Says Tish: "I'll get into one taxi, get in a traffic jam, jump out and walk four blocks, get in another taxi and then finish the last lap in the subway...
...only Benedict exempted from chores is two-year-old Luke, and even he tours the fields regularly, bouncing on his father's lap in a pickup truck (his present on his second birthday: a toy tractor). Besides the supervision and paperwork, Pat labors with his hands too, doing most of the machinery repairs himself...
...Torrez, the game fell rather heavily in his lap. The former Yankee, while making millions and winning but 16 in his first season with Boston, was out there attempting to justify his place in the free agent system, attempting to justify his ability to pitch well in the clutch, attempting to beat the best pitcher in baseball. Somehow, all that pressure seemed right...
Policymakers in Washington and other Western capitals are in as excruciating a dilemma as Amin. Do they offer aid to prop up a shaky regime ?which then might drop in the Russians' lap? Or let the government collapse?and risk a widening guerrilla war in an unstable region? Moscow, which has waited patiently since the time of the czars to consolidate its hold, faces no such agonizing choice...