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...make it a place of splendor. The Mongol Emperor Kublai, grandson of Genghis Khan, ordered the building of Green Mount, a hill that was dotted with evergreens brought from far and wide by imperial elephants, paved with a layer of green copper ore and topped by a green pavilion. Marco Polo reported in wonderment: "The great Khan caused all this to be made for the comfort of his spirit...
...pier-six brawl in Syracuse, N.Y., Carmen Basilio. 28. sharp-featured son of a Canastota. N.Y.. onion farmer, spent twelve rounds trading punches with Welterweight Champion Tony De Marco before he battered the stubborn Bostonian senseless and stumbled off with the title...
...work filled with 1,600 footnotes and maps of mountains and rivers that no longer exist, Ennin's Travels has been one of Reischauer's pursuits since 1935, when he first realized that the diary "is really history in big letters--much more fascinating and accurate than the famous Marco Polo story...
...wires trailing, and looking like a man from Mars caught on some cosmic fishing tackle, Columbia's Nyles Ayres piled up an early lead in his favorite weapon. Later he dropped back to second, but Lions Captain Barry Pariser slashed his way to the saber championship, Ralph De Marco earned a fourth place with his foil and, when the last fencer had saluted his opponent, Columbia's swordsmen were the undisputed champs. Final score: Columbia 62, Cornell 57, Navy...
...long since been abandoned by both gods and decent people." Willie broke his back in a truck crash. After a hefty Russian nurse helped him hobble out of Kuldsha's fly-blackened hospital, Willie caught more truck rides until the old Silk Road led him to Kashgar. on Marco Polo's route. There Britain's mountaineering consul, Eric Shipton, and his No. 1 houseboy, a "hard nut" of a Sherpa named Tenzing Norkey,* fed him well and mapped out his route through the Himalayas to Kashmir. Alone now, half starving and delirious, Willie stumbled over...