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...even the thinnest outer layer of the atmosphere head-on at 18,000 m.p.h. is like driving a car through a blast furnace against a cliff at 60 m.p.h. To slow down, the pilot may have to glide in at an angle of no more than 4°, then skip out to cool off as soon as he has slowed down a bit. He may have to repeat this a dozen or more times, taking terrific punishment from buffeting in the process...
...reverently laid at the base of a monument to Liberator Joseé San Martin a wreath whose entwined flowers depicted the Peruvian and U.S. flags. Outwardly Richard Nixon was at ease and confident; inwardly he had to consider warnings from Peruvian police and his own security people to skip the next stop on his program, Lima's 400-year-old University of San Marcos...
...last count, those unable to go to Hanover because of labs, studies, and other assorted complaints include Joel Landau, Sandy Dodge, Lee Barnes, Neil Muncaster, John DuMoulin, Sam Halaby, and Pat Liles. In addition, Skip Pescosolido's arm injury will keep him from competing in the javelin...
...other varsity point producers were Sam Halaby and Dick Williams, second and third in the pole vault; Hank Abbott, third in the shot; Skip Pescosolido and Chris Angermeyer, second and third in the javelin; Art Cahn, second to John Slowik in the 880; Dyke Benjamin, third in the two-mile; and Neil Muncaster and deKiewiet, second and third in the discus
...Skip Pescosolido won the javelin for the second time in two tries this season, while the rejuvenated high jumpers took 8 1/3 of a possible nine points, as John DeKiewiet and Bob Downs tied for first and Hal Keohane figured in a three-way tie for third...