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Bloembergen, who was on tour in the People's Republic of China until last Saturday, was unable to attend the ceremonies at the White House. His wife and children accepted the medal in his absence...
Nicolaas Bloembergen, Rumford Professor of Physics, last month received the National Medal of Science for "high standards of scientific achievement...
...display of emotion was understandable. After years of borrowing equipment and training with little or no coaching, U.S. oarswomen had suddenly arrived as a major force in international racing. Now, for the first time, they can see themselves as serious contenders for a gold medal in next summer's Olympics. "Our potential," says Number Two Oar Gail Pierson, "is still untapped...
...world's practitioners of the ancient aristocratic sport of fencing, none was more flamboyant than the Polish star Jerzy Pawlowski. Winner of an Olympic gold medal in 1968 and three-time world fencing champion in saber, the handsome 43-year-old lieutenant colonel in the Polish army was the undisputed sports hero of Poland. So great was the country's pride in Pawlowski's prowess that Polish Party Chief Edward Gierek is said to have brought the fencer with him to an informal meeting with Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev...
Inside Access. Beecher is no stranger to scoops. A lifelong newspaperman except for his stint at the Pentagon-which he left with a Distinguished Service Medal to return to journalism-he was once a defense specialist for the New York Times, where he scored major beats on the secret U.S. bombing of Cambodia in 1969 and the SALT talks in 1971. But some Government officials have strong suspicions about this latest coup. Beecher, they suspect, may have been using material he recollected from his Government days to write the article. Beecher flatly denies the insinuation. "My story," he insists...