Word: midshipman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Geordie Lemmon, in the number three slot, beat Midshipman Tim Ewing in a scrappy five game match. After dropping the first two games 13-16 and 12-15, Lemmon fought back under pressure to win the third game 15-8, and even the match in a fourth-game tiebreaker. In the fifth and decisive game, Lemmon destroyed Ewing...
...semi-finals, and then came from way behind to nip Mike Terner in the finals, 7-5, 1-6, 7-6. Terner fought back from a 4-1 deficit in the final tiebreaker, only to lose the final point on a clutch overhead smash by the Midshipman...
...also, of course, one of the most experienced. At a time when Jimmy Carter was a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy (1943-46), virtually every man in the 14-man Politburo was a member of the power elite. Brezhnev was a major general. Andrei Gromyko was Ambassador to the U.S. Today, however, none of these tough, hard-working old leaders is exceptionally robust. Brezhnev, at 73, suffers from several illnesses, including arteriosclerosis. Alexei Kosygin, 76, has had two heart attacks. Dmitri Ustinov, 71, is currently ailing. "When Brezhnev dies the rest of the Politburo will be gone with...