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Giant Strides. On a clear stretch of highway, Shaw skates with the grace of a slalom skier or dancer. With giant strides of legs and arms, head high, he races westward through the cornfields. One clearly senses that there is more driving him on than the headlines in local papers. For Shaw, there is another dimension of reality out there on the great American asphalt. "Coming down a long hill with the wind at your back and the road to yourself is a high," Shaw says. "It's a thrill you never forget." He sees considerable wildlife and often...
...week President Marcos, 56, discussed these and other issues in a three-hour interview at Malacanang Palace in Manila with TIME Hong Kong Bureau Chief Roy Rowan. Cabled Rowan: "The small, sinewy President is possibly the most athletic chief of state in the world-a below-par golfer, water skier, pelota player and former wrestler and boxer-and he looked ready for 15 rounds. 'Never make a big decision when you're angry, hungry or happy,' he declared at the outset of our interview. So it was with extreme deliberation that he deftly explained the moves with...
...action started on the tennis court, where Cincinnati Reds Leftfielder Pete Rose stole the show if not the prize. He overcame his lack of experience -only four months on the court-to beat Austrian Skier Karl Schranz. "This game's like badminton," Rose declared happily after taking one game from Schranz by diving across the court to make an impossible forehand return...
...strength of the team comes from co-captains McLane and Angell. Lisbeth Hussey of U Mass is the only skier in the division who has been able to stop the deadly duo. Even she has managed the feat only twice during the season and then only with the Radcliffe skiers hot on her heels...
...course, Carter is taking courses at the law school. Now, if Willie Draper, the last Crimson skier to place high at the NCAA finals could only be convinced to return from the Banzai Pipeline...