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...willing to surrender to the Americans and British. At worst, Himmler thought, this would enable Germany to throw all its troops against the Soviets; at best, the Western Allies would join the German defense. Himmler seems even to have cherished the illusion that the Allies would support him, the lord of the Holocaust, as the new German leader...
...Well, what can I say? I'm just glad I'm in great physical condition. I'm not hurt. I thank the Lord. I'm so sorry once again." This was a reference to his only other defeat in 42 matches, 14 fierce rounds against Leonard in 1981. Whatever was removed from him in that fight, more was taken out in this. "It hurts. That's another one staring me in the face." But he praised Hagler--"The man showed his greatness"--and held out hope for himself at 26. "This...
...first wife was losing a struggle with cancer. But he has been renewed by his 1983 marriage to his longtime secretary. In a May speech, reacting to reports that his seat might soon be vacant, he said with a twinkle, "I can't know, of course, what the good Lord may have in mind for me. But I can say that insofar as the suggestions contemplate my voluntary departure, like Mark Twain's reported death, the rumor is grossly exaggerated." After restoring himself on a European tour this summer, which included a stop in England last week to help rededicate...
...hours; the faster style of play has also spilled over into five-day Test cricket. And the center of cricketing power has shifted from England and Australia to Asia, a change made manifest by the International Cricket Council's announcement last month that after 96 years at Lord's, "the home of cricket" in London, it would move its base to Dubai. Wisden is keeping up with the changes. The annual has been compiling the game's records, arbitrating its controversies, and naming its greats since it was first published by John Wisden, an accomplished English cricketer...
...meet boasts an elite history filled with world champions, record-breaking performances, and track and field legends. Herb Elliot, Roger Bannister, Harold Abrahams, and Lord Burghley all competed for the British while William Schick Jr., ’05, Aggrey Awori ’65, Wendell Mottley, and Ned Gourdin ’21—who set a world record (25’3”) in the long jump at the 1921 contest—all represented the United States. Roger Bannister—who won the mile in 4:11.9 for Oxford-Cambridge in the 1949 contest?...