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...embarrassment of U.S. riches, the most imposing swimmer on the premises was actually a West German, Michael Gross, 20, a world-champion freestyler and butterflyer with the wingspan of a pterodactyl. But even he was overhauled in an exciting U.S. relay and by a 17-year-old Aussie, Jon Sieben, in a butterfly. Though the Australians and also the Canadians had their moments, the drama at the pool was fundamentally and expectably intramural...
...award for the most medals from the smallest country: a total of six, including Petra Van Staveren's gold in the 100-meter breaststroke. The Australians took a host of silvers and bronzes and seemed ready for better things. Finally, an unknown 17-year-old Aussie named Jon Sieben came out of deepest anonymity in Lane 6 to win the 200-meter butterfly over a singular West German named Michael Gross, beating Gross's world record by one-hundredth of a second...
...Wieviel Tage hat die Woche?" asks the teacher. Hands fly up. "Die Woche hat sieben Tage," answers twelve-year-old Carol Ross, with just a trace of Boston in her eager voice. In the next classroom. Teacher Nancy Albaugh, an Ohio girl who customarily works in the U.S. Air Force dependents' school in Wiesbaden, is getting 25 enthusiastic German children to tell about the days of the week in English. Later, the classes mix, sing alternate stanzas of Go Down Moses and Nach grüner Farb, mein Herz verlangt. After two weeks of Americans' visiting Germans...
...Reich Chancellery and Hitler's man of all work, 20 years; Wilhelm Keppler, Hitler's economic adviser, ten years. When mousy little Otto Dietrich, Hitler's press chief, heard his sentence he turned to one of his tall G.I. guards, held up seven fingers and asked: "Sieben?" The guard confirmed his question with a brief nod and gently steered him from the room...
...Deutscher Verein will present the Weihnachtspiel "Der Wolf und die Sieben Geislein," with music by Humperdink, at the society's club rooms at 1234 Massachusetts avenue, on Wednesday, December 18. The performance will be private, and admission will be by invitation only. There will probably be a second performance in Brattle Hall some time after Christmas, which will be open to the public...
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