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...maintain its shot at the NCAAs, Harvard has to win the next two tri-matches. The Crimson meets Trinity and MIT at Concord today and travels to Yale Saturday to take on the Elis and Princeton. "If we can win these," McConnell said, "we'll get the invitation to the tournament." But that's a pretty...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Golfers Trounce Big Green; Battle Trinity, MIT Today | 5/10/1973 | See Source »

...major casually explained all this while standing on the front porch of the ICCS headquarters in Tri Ton. Inside the broken-down building, the two-man teams busied themselves with a variety of midday tasks: sleeping, reading and showing a visitor around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Non-Policing a Non-Truce | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

...last week, the team at Tri Ton did reach unanimity. While investigating another incident, the observers heard an artillery round whiz overhead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Non-Policing a Non-Truce | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

...most part the life of the ICCS team at Tri Ton is a steady stream of hot, humid days inadequately filled with reading, eating and tedious paper work. A Vietnamese staff of 42 (including twelve guards and numerous cooks and maids) does most of the menial tasks. "We are not accustomed to servants in our country," says one of the Eastern Europeans, "but we can get used to this." He smiles as one of the Vietnamese servant girls pads by in black satin pajamas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Non-Policing a Non-Truce | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

...diversion, Tri Ton offers an interesting pagoda, a few colorful tombs and a lively market. The nearest restaurant is two hours away by car. The truce inspectors seldom leave their compound, however, except on business. They eat mediocre American-style food-provided under a contract by an American company -play Ping Pong and stage parties for each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Non-Policing a Non-Truce | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

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