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...Continental army to retreat before the redcoats. Then, in the nick of time, Washington, accompanied by a cockaded Alexander Hamilton and a bareheaded Marquis de Lafayette, gallops up to rally the troops and confound the crestfallen poltroon Lee,* slumping in his saddle. History records a piqued Washington demanding in Olympian tones: "I desire to know, sir, what is the reason, whence arises this disorder and confusion...
...slalom, the field was led by Roger Buchika, with a time of 123.4 and ex-Olympian, Gordy Eaton, both of Middlebury. Harvard's top scorer was Greg Peters, in fifteenth place, with a time of 147.7 sec. In the downhill, the field was led by Gordy Eaton (120.6) and Steve Blodgett was the Crimson's first runner, placing tenth with a time...
High jumper Chris Pardee and pole vaulter George Winters were the record breakers for the Crimson. Pardee cleared 6 ft, 9 in. on his third and final try to smash Olympian John Thomas's record of 6 ft., 83/4 in. that had stood since...
While he was prescribing for the world's monetary system, Charles de Gaulle faced a more local money problem. France last week was more than ever the land of funny money. The confusion began in 1958, when De Gaulle turned his Olympian glance on the nation's currency and found it had too much grandeur-in figures. A shoeshine, for instance, cost 100 francs, and a meal at an inexpensive restaurant...
...throw was two feet beyond Croasdale's previous best this year and within four inches of his best ever. But veteran Bob Backus, Olympian Al Hall, and Alex Shulten of Bowdoin broke 60 feet to come in ahead of Croasdale...