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...extraordinary valor, and he received similar decorations from many other countries. Yet he seldom wore a medal, and he could stand midst a troop of ribbon-festooned heroes and, by the jaunt of his corncob pipe or the tilt of his old but gold-glittering garrison cap, appear positively Olympian. His orations often seemed florid. Yet he could be succinct and moving when the occasion demanded. In early 1942, he was ordered to leave beleaguered Corregidor before it fell to the Japanese. "We go," he cried, "during the Ides of March." And that is when he went. "I shall return...
...Gary Cooper. Those long deep looks at Cooper, still remembered viscerally by every man who saw the picture, were remembered most by Cooper himself, who for a time shed his marital responsibilities, ripped off his merit badges, and fell head-over-spurs in love, beginning one of those muted Olympian affairs that everyone knows about but few discuss...
Foul trouble kept Awori out of the broad jump scoring. The former Olympian lept 22 ft., 3 1/4 in. on his first try and then fouled on his next five attempts. Chris Ohiri took second place behind Maryland's Mike Cole in the event with a 23 ft., 10 1/2 in. effort...
...Yardling tankmen sunk the Baby Bruins 62:32, with Olympian Neville Hayes setting a pool record in the 400-yard freestyle with a time...
...Yardling tankmen, led by former Australian Olympian Neville Hayes, clash with the Baby Bruins in a preliminary to the varsity meet today. Hayes currently holds the University record in the 200-yard butterfly...