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...Mike Reynolds started the uprising with a walk. That was followed by a groundball to first baseman Leigh Hogan, whose peg to second went astray, leaving two on and no outs...
...They should be granted immediate, unconditional amnesty, he said, with a "declaration of appreciation for their decency and humanitarianism. Their deserting was infinitely preferable to continuing as killers and maimers of a people against whom the U.S. had no grievance whatever." Spectators were visibly moved when Peg Mullen, whose son was killed in Viet Nam four years ago, asked: "What difference is there between a government which forces its dissidents to seek exile and a government which exiles its dissidents...
...been replacing damaged portions of his body with artificial parts for centuries. Peg legs have been used since 600 B.C., and metal hands since the 16th century. Boston Silversmith Paul Revere was well known for the quality of the false teeth he fashioned long before his midnight message to Massachusetts' minutemen. But today's many and various replacements, made of such space-age materials as Teflon, the nonstick plastic, and pyrolytic carbon, a diamond-hard substance, are far more sophisticated. Unlike earlier devices, which were worn outside the body and usually removed at night, they are true replacements...
...growing presumption about life on other worlds led, in 1971, to a multidisciplinary conference in Soviet Armenia on Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence. Sagan, predictably, headed the American delegation. The resulting conference report just published by M.I.T. deals with attempts to peg the possible number of civilizations in the Milky Way Galaxy at or beyond our own technological level...
...will be fitted with an artificial leg. But the youngster is not waiting that long to learn how to get around. With the toughness characteristic of his clan, he reported to the hospital's therapy unit last week, and with the aid of parallel bars and a temporary peg leg, began learning to walk again...