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When Roger Bannister ran the world's sub-four minute mile in May 1954--hailed by London newspapers as the greatest achievement in athletics history"--Harvard's mile record stood at a sluggish 4:16.5, set by A. C. Northrup '38 in his senior year...
Entering the final event at Middlebury, the 60-meter ski jump, Harvard stood third in the team standings after superlative Alpine performances. But Mitchell's injury had a big psychological effect on Harvard's other jumpers. "Our guys were just trying to live through the experience," Friedman said. Their sub-par performance dropped Harvard to sixth place. Perennial champion Dartmouth edged Middlebury to capture the team title...
...some occasions, the U.S. hunters pounce on the Soviet sub in what the Navy euphemistically calls "informal exercises." The object of the chase is to give the Soviet submarines a healthy respect for the capabilities of the U.S. Navy's ASW (Antisubmarine Warfare) forces. In a duel reminiscent of the fictional shoot-out in The Bedford Incident, a U.S. destroyer locks on the enemy boat and tracks his every move. Sometimes, to impress on the Soviets the futility of their plight, an American skipper will play The Volga Boatmen over and over again on his destroyer's underwater sound system...
...Russians lag well behind the U.S. in submarine warfare. One reason is that their ships are slower (about 25 knots submerged), make more noise and cannot dive so deeply as U.S. subs, and are thus easier to detect. But the Soviets are continually trying to improve. They are using their big hydrographic fleet to learn more about the sea environment and to find hiding places in the canyons of the ocean for future gen erations of deep-diving submarines. The U.S. Navy tries to keep up with even the most minor changes in the development and deployment of Soviet subs...
...herbicides used in Viet Nam. Aerial spraying has destroyed crops of sweet potatoes, rice, sugar cane and vegetables used by enemy troops in South Viet Nam, and drifting defoliants have accidently destroyed rubber trees, sugar and tomato plants in friendly territory. But there is no indication that sub sequent crops on the same land are affected by the chemical dousing...