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...austere Algerian leader will rule no longer. An era in which Boumedienne thrust stability on a fledging country and brought it eminence is ending. No successor has been groomed, and Boumedienne's demise could lead to a power struggle. Some observers believe that the two factions in the nine-man Council of the Revolution, one led by dapper Foreign Minister Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 41, the other by Colonel Mohammed Salah Yahiaoui, 46, head of the National Liberation Front, Algeria's only political party, could work out an amicable succession...
...policy of Israel." Sadat, who had never intended that his informal request should be publicized at all, was stung. When Begin's letter informing him of the decision arrived the next day, he rejected it. As a further sign of his fury, Sadat then ordered home the nine-man Israeli military mission that had remained in Egypt since the military talks broke off in February. Later in the week Sadat said in a speech in Alexandria that even though Begin was a "prevaricator," he wanted all Jewish people to know that he would not give up his peace initiative...
...Crimson's poor performance had few redeeming features, as even captain John Chipman, a Canadian junior Olympic sabreman, had a losing record, winning only five of 12 bouts. No Harvard fencer made the nine-man individual finals in his weapon and only one Crimson swordsman, sabreman Richard Gillette, escaped with an even 6-6 record...
Heyerdahl, who is at least as good a fund raiser as he is an anthropologist, has sold all rights to the story of the Tigris to the British Broadcasting Corp., which has assigned a cameraman to film the voyage from beginning to end. He has engaged a nine-man crew that includes an American, a Russian, an Italian, a Mexican, a Japanese, a German, two Scandinavians and an Iraqi (three Indian dhow skippers, hired to help navigate through some difficult waters on the route, withdrew from the expedition when they got a look at the craft...
...play responsible for the ho-hum ending was also one of extremes. First there was Yale's sophomore punter Mike Sullivan standing on his own 35-yard line early in the final quarter of a game the Elis led, 10-7. He faced a nine-man Crimson front on this fourth-and-21 situation; he was supposed to be kicking the ball to the Crimson...