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...Karl Maier, 37, was at the controls of an unarmed MH-6 Little Bird helicopter when he spotted Wolcott's Black Hawk heeling over nose first. The stricken craft smashed into an alley about 500 yds. northeast of the target site the Rangers had first assaulted, its rotors chewing off the corner of a one-story building. Maier's decision was instantaneous. "I'm going in," he announced into his headset, and swung his aircraft toward the street corner. The space was so narrow that his blades barely cleared the houses on both sides as he set his bird...
Skier Ulrike Maier, seeking a few extra points for her World Cup standing in a routine downhill race in the final season of a career that had already brought two world championships, broke her neck last month and died. Conditions were unquestionably risky. The timer pole that she hit was controversially sited. And Maier, a consummate pro, knew the dangers. But the slope was familiar, and 67 other competitors that day survived uneventfully. Her death emphasized for athletes and audiences alike the inherent risk in the Olympic goal of pushing "faster, higher, stronger" to the limit. It also underscored...
Krupp Foundation Professor of European StudiesCharles S. Maier '60 asked the Faculty whether theUniversity was following a coherent policy byallowing students to participate in ROTC while notfunding the program...
...University feels that it is valuableenough to allow students to choose officertraining, should we attempt at the same time todistance ourselves or to make their choice moredifficult?" Maier said last night...
...should make it clear that Harvard deploresthis discrimination," Maier said. "But if we donot do away with ROTC, we should pay our share ofit...