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...China. They came as a nomad encampment, several thousand men and women who promised to give new government to the China they had conquered. For two years, they had been wandering the arid northlands, pursued by Chiang Kai-shek's divisions. But Mao had raced his own best troops northeast to Manchuria to encircle and wipe out Chiang's forces. Next he deployed his other armies, first to wipe out the last of Chiang's elite divisions south of the Yellow River, then to seize Peking...
...refers to a magnetic directional heading, used by air controllers throughout the world to steer planes from the ground. Magnetic north is 0°, magnetic east is 90°, magnetic south 180° and so on. Thus, on course magnetic 30, the south MiG-23 is flying in a northeast direction. Moments later, however, at ground instruction, the pilot swings around, heads east-southeast, and eventually falls in line behind the Su-15, where he will stay for the duration of the chase. The other two planes are also vectored, or steered, by ground control into positions behind...
During the last month, Brazilians have been shocked by reports from the drought-stricken Northeast of starving families eating snakes, lizards and rats. "I have never seen the likes of this in my life," said Pontes Neto, a Red Cross official. "The children all have the same sickness, worms and chronic hunger." Shoeless looters roaming city streets have panicked retailers. All last week, heavy looting took place in Rio de Janeiro suburbs. In one wild afternoon, a mob of 400 sacked four grocery stores in the area, ripping down steel gratings and smashing windows. Says Security Guard Anzio Gomes Monteiro...
...northeast corner, the addition to the Fogg Art Musueum took shape, while in the southwest the Kennedy School of Government extension, the University Place office and condominium complex, and the new Coolidge Bank appeared, all contributing to the largest volume of simultaneous development in the area since the beginning of the century...
...Champion (tie) ECAC Champion 2nd in NCAA tourney Squash 10-0 4-0 Ivy Champion U.S. Collegiate Champ U.S. Amateur Champ U.S. Dual Match Champ Swimming 12-0 8-0** Eastern League Champ** 1st in Eastern Seaboards GBC Champion Baseball 27-8 15-3** Eastern League Champ** 2d in Northeast Regional Heavyweight Crew 4-1 -- Eastern Sprints Champ*** Cincinnati Invitational Champ (Nationals) Tennis 15-6 9-0 Ivy Champion Track 4-0 -- Heptagonal Champion* Women Sport Record Ivy Championships Cross Country 4-0 4-0 Heptagonal Champion* 4th at NCAA Meet Lacrosse 12-4-1 5-1 Ivy Champion NCAA...