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...sprinters assembled to make up about five gold medal 440 relay teams. Particularly impressive is San Diego's Steve Williams, the number one sprinter in the world to date. About one one-hundreth of a second off Williams's pace is Chris Gorpenborg of UTEP, a steady 9.2 runner. Reynaud Robinson of Olympic notoriety will also be in attendance, as well as NCCU's versatile Larry Black. Black...
...What did Reynaud Robinson and Eddie hart forget...
...Pietro Mennea, a native of Barletta on the heel of Italy's boot. Or perhaps stocky Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa of the Malagasy Republic. Borzov remains unbeaten, but at the trials for the U.S. team last month, two qualifiers exploded past his best time. Slim, goateed Eddie Hart and Reynaud ("Sugar Rey") Robinson both equaled the world record...
Died. Paul Reynaud, 87, Premier of France during the 1940 debacle; of complications following abdominal surgery; in Neuilly, France. Sometimes brilliant, always outspoken, Reynaud was one of history's political unfortunates. Through the 1930s, he and other moderate conservatives warned in vain about the growing Nazi threat; when he finally came to power in the spring of 1940, it was too late for anything except to preside over the fall of France -which is how Frenchmen remember him, though they might also note that he started Charles de Gaulle on his way with an appointment in 1940 as Under...
...three of his predecessors: Paul Reynaud, Pierre Mendés-France and Michel Debré. Straining Minds. Louis-le-grand is today a classic building in the Rue Saint Jacques, its quiet broken by the whining Vespas of its 2,000 boys and the almost audible straining of their minds. Beset with bourrage (cramming), they wearily carve on their desks such mottoes as "Work is a sacred thing; better not touch it," and with good reason. Most French lycées span seven years, the goal being two baccalaureat exams for university entrance at the level of U.S. college sophomores...