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...face was drawn and pale, and he could not even muster the energy to smile as he emerged from Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington last week. Jimmy Carter was physically exhausted from the rigors of his eight-day, 10,500-mile tour of Europe, and he was headed for a long weekend of rest at Camp David to prepare for a campaign swing through California this week. But just as clearly, he was also elated. The President was home from his ninth and probably his most successful summit with U.S. allies. The two days...
...peaceful little Thai town about a mile from the Cambodian border. Early one morning last week the villagers were awakened by the sound of gunfire. Then, over a loudspeaker came an unfamiliar voice: "We won't kill any Thais. All we will take is some food." Similar sounds awakened Cambodian refugees at two camps straddling the nearby border between Thailand and Cambodia. All too soon they recognized the fatigue-clad intruders who had stolen into their midst under cover of darkness as Vietnamese soldiers. As back-up mortar and artillery fire echoed in the distance, the Vietnamese began digging...
...three-and-a-half mile mark of the grueling course, Harvard had secured a one-seat lead over the exhausted Eli squad...
Trailing by almost two-and-a-half lengths with a mile and a half to go, the Crimson created its own version of a magic mile as coxswain Ted Tsomides and stroke Matt Arrot called a well-timed power ten and the boat began to move on the Elis...
Still, MacEachern noted the Parker, who is presently in Europe coaching the U.S. National Team, came alive on the coach's launch with a mile to go. "It's hard to picture it," MacEachern said, "but it's a really big race...