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Maxine Steward Mesa, Ariz...
...Mesa, Calif...
...confined to 500 acres on the canyon floor, more than 300 of the Indians are cut off from civilization during the winter, when the eight-mile trail that leads down to their village ices over. With their land back, the Indians say, they could again live on the mesa in winter and graze their cattle there...
...giant nine-fingered monkey, birds, fish and reptiles, some of them so large they are recognizable only from the air. For decades these ancient patterns, spreading across 30 miles of Peru's desolate Nazca plain, have confounded archaeologists. Why were they so painstakingly etched out of the bleak mesa? Could they have been signals to the gods, or-as the current movie Chariots of the Gods? suggests-to extraterrestrial visitors...
...winning continued at U.C.L.A., Ted and Gloria often drove up from La Mesa to watch the big games. Gloria was not sure that she liked all the success. When U.C.L.A. squeaked by Maryland earlier this year, Bill's mother remarked, "Well, I just think winning all the time is immoral...