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...scabs, workers hired by the owners to break and to dismantle the strikers. Scabs are, of course, both villians and victims--they are tricked and used by the growers to take jobs away from other workers--but there is a special sense of betrayal when a scab like the six-foot, four-inch, 300-Ib Mike Falco assaults a 65-year-old striker...
...outskirts of the city of Suez stand twin six-foot portraits of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Saudi Arabia's King Faisal. The pictures symbolize Egyptian hopes that Arab oil money will finance the reconstruction of the war-ruined Suez Canal Zone and eventually convert it into a thriving agricultural and industrial region. One tangible result of this dream is "King Faisal City," a suburb of 3,000 housing units that is being built behind the portraits. Another is the announcement, expected imminently, that salvage operations in the canal, which has been closed since 1967, have been completed...
...six-foot six-inch senior has hauled in 29 passes this season good for 460 yards and six touchdowns. He is only three receptions behind his mark a year ago, when he went on to set a Harvard seasonal record with 56 catches...
Similarly with the backcourt players. When Steve Selinger lacked zest and the offensive patterns turned mechanically over and over the first night, Sanders inserted Mike Griffin. The six-foot ragdoll rose to the performance, scrapping on defense and pinpointing passes on the break. Twenty-four hours later, as expected, Selinger, the babyface high-school All-American from Wilton, Conn., came on with long-range jumpers, steals and hustling interceptions that said: "Coach, give me back my delegated position...
McGuire also uses 6 ft. 3 in. freshman, Nate Davis, who is supposed to be the best jumper since David Thompson. Davis, one of the two Gamecocks from Columbia, S.C., in one game trapped a ball against the glass at the top of the boards for a goaltending violation. Six-foot 11 inch centers are supposed to do that, not 6 ft. 3 in. guards. By the way, there is no truth to the rumor that Davis works as an elevator in the off season...