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Sir: The crowd at the Lima soccer game [June 5], I included, howled against the referee and not at the police. We are tired of being robbed of international games because of a tradition that Peruvians are "nice" fans and not fanatics as in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Would not...
The Bomb. All through the scoreless first half, the Peruvians matched the smoother Argentines with a spirited attack that drew wild cheers from the crowd. Then halfway through the second half, Argentina scored to take a 1-0 lead. At last, six minutes from the end, a Peruvian forward battered...
Suddenly, everything that could be pulled loose in the stadium-cushions, bottles, shoes, even bricks broken out of a wall-rained down on the field. A huge Negro, Matías ("Bomba") Rojas, with a police record for previous attacks on referees, came scrambling over the 9-ft. barbed-wire...
The Reason Why. Less specifically, but perhaps more importantly, Rockefeller's victory infused drama and excitement into what had become a dull, dreary Republican race. It showed that there is still plenty of life in the Grand Old Party. To those Republicans who think there is no chance of...
"An Open Mind." The selection of Adams to referee this Army-Air Force dispute testifies to his record of cold objectivity and ruthless fairness. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff General William F. McKee recently leaned across a Pentagon barbershop chair to tell Defense Secretary Robert McNamara that Adams was...