Word: one
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...city that has been off-limits to U.S. flights since 1975: Phnom-Penh. On board were 82,000 lbs. of food and medicine and 134 lbs. of San Francisco Bureau Chief Gavin Scott. The airlift, "Operation California," was sponsored by ten American corporations and church groups. Scott, who was one of four journalists allowed to hitch a ride, thus became one of the few American newsmen in years to be given a firsthand look inside the capital of war-ravaged Cambodia. His report on that extraordinary two-day sojourn appears in this week's World section...
...Legend of the Bridge: Many years ago, in the 1960s, a Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity party turned into an argument over developing new systems of measurement. So they kidnapped one of their pledges--Mr. Smoot--and tied him to two-by-fours. They took him to the Harvard Bridge and measured the bridge in Smoots...
...gave her a score, and she said, 'No, no, not that high.' So I asked her if I get more than one guess. She said, 'Well (there was a pause), uh, I guess maybe you can have another...
...least one Harvard senior has reported such an experience in his bout with the ETS. The conversation went like this...
...Wildcats from the New Hampshire boonies pounced on the unsuspecting Crimson pacers in last year's opener, scarring its 1978-79 record with one of only two losses...