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...African officers. "They've taught me what survival means," says one. "For all their small stature, they can put some of our big stocky guys to shame." Says another:"I've been on patrols with those guys. With the Bushmen along, our chances of dying are very slight. They have incredible tenacity, patience and endurance. They've taught me to respect another race...
...only other person to win two individual events was Princeton junior Charlotte Tiedemann, who won the 50-yd. breaststroke and 200-yd. individual medley with fast clockings of 30.75 and 2:08.97--the breaststroke time being a slight improvement over her own meet record of last year...
Schubert is slight, talkative, almost theatrical in manner; self-possessed, self-confident, but not self-centered or egotistical. He knows the limits of his talents, and knows them to be expanding. He is a sharp critic, quick to dismiss music he considers "difficult to listen to," or "dentist office material;" but he is equally critical of his own work, and equally quick to acknowledge debts and praise heroes...
...star on defense was Outside Linebacker Rod Martin. Slight by N.F.L. standards (6 ft. 2 in., 210 lbs.), Martin had made only two interceptions in his four N.F.L. seasons. "I'm not used to being a celebrity," said Martin. "Ted Hendricks is supposed to be our star linebacker, and that's fine with me." Yet it was he, not Hendricks, who turned New Orleans' Superdome into his private playground, setting a Super Bowl record with three interceptions...
...Floyd took the lead for several lengths, stroking consistent 100 splits of 1:02 before she was overtaken by Richardson with two lengths to go. The 1000 was less close, as Richardson opened up a slight lead at 20 lengths, then increased the margin to half a pool to take the contest with...