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Ever since the Soviets began making the 6,000-mile flight from Murmansk to Cuba in 1966, they have strayed across the ADIZ more than 100 times, usually deliberately. Their purpose: to measure the time it takes the U.S. aircraft to respond. Electronic tapes monitoring U.S. radar frequencies are then taken back to Moscow for analysis. Even military slang words like "Judy," meaning target sighted, or "no joy," for missing a target, are studied intensively by the Soviets, just as the Americans record and examine every move made by the Soviets...
...sweet naturalness, sitting demurely by the River Dee, while Prince Charles fished for salmon. In October, swathed in a sporty green coat and boots, she cheered excitedly from the Ludlow racecourse grandstand as the Prince rode his Irish chaser, Allibar, to a second-place finish in a three-mile steeplechase. By the time the Prince of Wales' 32nd birthday arrived on Nov. 14, Britain was rife with rumors that Charles' engagement to the sunny blond so often at his side, Lady Diana Spencer, 19, was about to be announced...
Harvard sophomore Maureen Gildea last year's Ivy champ in the mile who is presently sidelined with a knee injury, could only look on helplessly as Sumner splashed her way to a new New England record in the 1000-yard Free--three seconds below Gildea's 10:20.00 mark set last year...
...tourist on Mexico City's tree-lined Calle Amberes in the Zona Rosa shopping district might wonder if he is suffering from the mile-high altitude. There at No. 9 is a brand-new Cartier boutique, its windows agleam with shiny gold jewelry, trendy tank watches and glistening leather goods. But only eight doors away, at No. 15-C, is another Cartier, its windows also agleam with shiny gold jewelry, trendy tank watches and glistening leather goods. What is going on? The answer is that No. 15-C is a phony Cartier, and that No. 9 is the real...
Familar harriers Wiley McCarthy and Anita Diaz should have no trouble adjusting to their two-mile events, while Linsley and Ellen Gallagher have actually just been warming up all cross-country season for their real event, the 1500 meters. Linsley, last year's New England collegiate 1500 meter champion, should do even better this year after a fine cross country season...