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...Queen's Club Open, then came within a few shots of beating him again two weeks later in a furious five-set finals match at Wimbledon. At the U.S. Open, while Players Clark Graebner and Dennis Ralston were calling the officials "idiotic" and "ridiculous" for banning racket throwing and abusive language on the court, Smith went serenely on his wav, demolishing everyone he met. "Stan," says his doubles partner, Erik Van Dillen, "talks with his racket...
Last week his racket was shouting as he met Kodes in the finals. Though the volatile Czech possesses one of the strongest service returns in the game, he was no match for Smith's cannonball. By contrast, Kodes' weak second serve allowed Smith to hit sizzling, deep returns, then charge the net where he was virtually impenetrable. That was the difference as the two players went into a sudden-death tie breaker with Smith leading two sets to one. Needing five out of a possible nine points to win, Smith was down 3-1 when he connected...
Highly Sensitive. The Saigon government said that it was investigating charges of corruption on Dzu's part. Many case-hardened U.S. officials doubted, however, that Dzu has played as large a part in the narcotics racket as Steele claims. They noted, moreover, that his popularity as a military commander has slipped markedly since he took over Military Region II last August -which could make him expendable at a time when corruption in the Thieu government is a hot political issue...
Trade in Children. The thief-taking racket had limitless possibilities; the constabulary of the time was weak, criminals were many, and Parliament had authorized payment of 40 ? for evidence in a capital case. This system of rewards was intended to break up London's big gangs by making betrayal profitable. The trouble was that although there were some 350 capital offenses on the books, it was not always easy or politic to lay hands on those who had actually committed them. This led naturally to frame-ups, and also to a brisk trade in children and other innocents...
...Apparently term-paper hustling is an old racket [April 19}. My university students warn that one must always order a paper that will receive a grade commensurate with one's previous performance. Thus, deliberate Cs and Bs may be requested in preference to the interesting, fascinating, informative, original A. When I rebuke the practice, the reply is, "But the politicians' speeches are written for them, and look at all the books and articles that are ghosted...