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* "Long rifle" bullets are the most lethal of three types commonly used in .22-caliber weapons. "Shorts" are tiny, "longs" the intermediate size. Hollow-nosed bullets are particularly vicious because they spread on impact, enlarging the area of damage.
Since President Johnson restricted bombing to the area south of the 19th parallel, surveillance missions above the line have been flown by the successor to the U2, the supersecret SR-71, double-delta-winged, 2,000-m.p.h. manned missile. Boring ahead faster than a rifle bullet, it takes pictures of...
Last year it was The Dirty Dozen. This year it is the filthy 1,500, a mixed bag of World War II regimental rejects who hate the brass en masse. As in Dozen, they are given a last chance to shape up or ship out. Under the brutal direction of...
Huvelle also snatched off the coveted William P. Grady Relay Anchor Award for his anchor leg in the mile relay during the Dartmouth meet, when he was nosed out in the stretch by an obscure Dartmouth pole vaulter.
Kirkland stayed in the running only because of Banys's 6' 4" leap in the high jump and his second in the broad jump. On Friday, Kirkland and Dudley shot out ahead of all the other Houses in the early dash events, so that it was a two team meet...