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...Mount St. Helens. In addition, the USGS study notes that since 1982 earthquakes have shaken California's Coso Range, a volcanic region west of Death Valley; Yellowstone National Park, which is famed for its hot springs and geysers, notably Old Faithful; and Mammoth Lakes, a popular California ski resort near the Nevada border...
Other teams did not take the races so seriously. There was even a rowing California rugby team and a ski patrol waiting for winter. Other rowers wore Mickey Mouse hats and Halloween masks. Spectators added to the fun by tossing beers to parched oarsmen after they crossed the finish line...
...entry: You Can Do the Cube (Penguin; $1.95) by Patrick Bossert, 13, a London schoolboy who discovered the cube only this spring during a family ski vacation in Switzerland. Within five days he had mastered the monster, and later began selling his schoolmates a four-page, mimeographed tip sheet for 450. An alert editor at Penguin saw a copy and persuaded the prodigy to turn pro. The 112-page result contains three dozen "tricks" for solving the cube (using logic rather than math), as well as a chapter on "Cube Maintenance" (to loosen a stiff cube, "put a blob...
...first place finisher Paul Gompers, Harvard proved it will be a force in the Ivies this year, and raised its record to 3-0. The hilly course posed little problem for the Crimson, which has been training on a ski slope and was well prepared for the meet Optimal conditions--cool weather and a dry course helped runners to excellent times...
...take the No. 2 job at the State Department to help smooth rocky relations between Haig and the White House staff, Clark came to Washington. His confirmation hearing was a debacle. As background in foreign affairs he listed his work as a young lawyer for a Salzburg ski-binding company, his wife's Czech origins and the education of his children in Germany. At one point, when Democratic Senator John Glenn asked for his views on official recognition of Taiwan, the Judge answered, "I think it could be very dangerous for me to have a personal opinion in this...