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Caught in the middle of the conflict were at least 6,000 tourists. Under escort of U.N. and British troops, a makeshift convoy of more than 500 private autos, trucks and armored cars evacuated about 4,400 foreign nationals from the beleaguered capital to the British base at Dhekelia...
...both were better than adequate replacements, the crew never got back the momentum built up en route to an undefeated season and an Eastern Sprints Championship this spring. Besides the loss of raw power in the boat (Howard and McKenna were the two strongest oarsmen on the team) the makeshift Crimson crew lacked that essential ingredient in rowing that distinguishes a first-rate from a second-rate crew. The rhythym that a team builds after racing a whole season together had vanished with the intrusion of two people with rowing styles different from the oarsmen they replaced...
...refugees cheered up, however, when President Hafez Assad arrived dressed in military uniform. Surrounded by excited crowds who tossed flowers, cheered and chanted, "Welcome Assad, the liberator!", the President kissed the Syrian flag and raised it to the top of a makeshift flagpole...
...since the early '40s has roller skating enjoyed such a boom: an estimated 18 million teen-agers and young adults have discovered the delights of eight-wheel drive. Schools across the country are scheduling skating classes and turning gymnasiums into makeshift rinks. The Parsippany-Troy Hills, N.J., school system recently bought 1,800 pairs of skates for student use. New Mexico State University in Las Cruces even gives credits for skating, and the Boy Scouts have introduced a roller merit badge. But the majority of skaters have been lured by the garish, ultramodern rinks that are becoming as much...
...Rouge insurgents moved their forces to within 4½ miles of the city and shelled it over a period of five days with captured U.S.-made 105-mm. howitzers. During the attacks, at least 1,200 of the 25-lb. shells rained upon the refugee-packed capital, demolishing flimsy makeshift huts and killing more than 100 civilians...