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...crew in the semifinals of the Henley Royal Regatta, Princeton's unbeaten 150-lb. eight pulled their way through the choppy waters of the Thames to beat Britain's Royal Air Force oarsmen and win the Thames Challenge Cup by an impressive length. ¶ With a red ribbon tied to his forelock to make him think he was still running under the colors of the late William Woodward Jr. and blinkers beside his eyes to keep his mind on his work, Leslie Combs's Nashua ran one of the best races of his career to put away...
...illuminated document bound in red calf, a medallion on a ribbon, and $1,190 in cash...
...worse to scrub out the toilets." As payment for their work, most of the children got 5? a month. Since everybody had to put a penny in the plate on Sunday, that left each child with 1? a month to spend. With her penny, Norma Jeane usually bought a ribbon for her hair...
McKeon reached the edge of Ribbon Creek-some 3,700 ft. from the platoon's barracks-shortly after 8:30 p.m. The tide, with its strong current, was rising. McKeon stepped from the mudbank into the chill (58°) water and turned upstream, hugging the shoreline. Turning, he called out: "Everybody O.K.?" Behind him, the marching column was floundering. Again he shouted: "Everybody O.K.?" The answer came loud: "No!" Men were deep in the mud; Recruit Raymond Delgado yelled that he was up to his chest in the muck. McKeon turned to Recruit John Michael Maloof and ordered...
...basic training methods that have made the U.S. Marine Corps an elite. And. attended by Marine honor guards, off to home cities went flag-draped coffins bearing the bodies of the six men that Drill Instructor McKeon's zeal and stupidity had left in the water of Ribbon Creek...