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After that, wherever his 6 ft. 4 in. frame went, a swarm of Penn defenders, led by their star defensive back Ken Bald, diligently followed. And Stoeckel repeatedly hit Curtin, Miller or Steve Dart in the hole in the secondary that was left...

Author: By Thomas H. Lee jr., SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Crimson Eleven Overtake Penn in Thriller, 34-30 | 11/5/1973 | See Source »

Equally harebrained was a scheme for a kamikaze pilot to crash a small private plane into the French President's helicopter. While circling over Algeria's Blida Airport in anticipation of De Gaulle's departure, the pilot was dismayed to see that a swarm of helicopters had taken off at once. There was no way of knowing which one De Gaulle was in (French security forces routinely used dummy planes and juggled limousines as a precaution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Objective: De Gaulle | 10/8/1973 | See Source »

...Washington's Dulles Airport only a year ago, gruffly rejecting someone's offer to help him with his crutches. "Hell no, thanks, I can make it down on my own, goddammit," he said. Then, leaning the crutches against the stairs, he stopped to give autographs to a swarm of admirers, a hero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890-1973 | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

...authorities agreed to drop all charges against the baroness, and they even provided a coffin for her husband. Then new problems kept arising. Grave diggers who came to prepare the baron's final resting place were driven off by a swarm of bees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Chateau Besieged | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

...waist, she knots it around her throat, pulls it tight, then falls to the ground in a lifeless swoon, her hair spilling in an orange cloud over her crimson robes. On a balcony overhead, a chorus splits the air with a rising lament-a sort of aural locust swarm-followed by a series of immense, loud gong-tones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: And Now, a Mini-Met | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

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