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...hope in Francesco Arese, a black-mustachioed teacher who runs 25 to 30 kilometers a day through the traffic of Turin. Another American, Dave Wottle, who qualified for the 1,500-meter run even though he was soundly beaten by Ryun, found unexpected consolation. Entering the 800 meters, a tune-up for the 1,500, Wottle tied the world record of 1:44.3. At Munich, Wottle could run into-literally as well as figuratively, considering the rough race the 800 usually is-a cluster of Kenyans...
...engines met that standard -indicating that at worst the engines for the 1973 models are very close to satisfying the federal requirements too. That thought can only gall Ford executives further as they try to calculate the cost of what must have been the most expensive tune-up in auto history...
...from kerosene to coal oil. and gets about 15 miles per gallon in urban traffic. It is also 30% lighter (at 250 Ibs.), has 75% fewer moving parts, and is thus cheaper to build and maintain than the standard-size internal combustion engine. The gas turbine never needs a tune-up because it has no timing to adjust, no carburetor or complicated fuel injection. Because it is air-cooled, it also has no radiator...
Freshmen deserve a warning concerning the first two weeks of Ivy League football, games when the Ivy schools meet outside competition. We win. Some may call it egotism, pre-season tune-up, or coincidence, but since 1961 Harvard has never rescheduled a meeting with a non-league team that beat it the year before. The Crimson only has lost three of its opening duo since 1961, but Holy Cross, Bucknell, and B.U. were promptly reprimanded in the following schedule...
Freshmen deserve a warning concerning the first two weeks of Ivy League football, games when the Ivy schools meet outside competition. We win. Some may call it egotism, pre-season tune-up, or coincidence, but since 1961 Harvard has never rescheduled a meeting with a non-league team that beat it the year before. The Crimson only has lost three of its opening duo since 1961, but Holy Cross, Bucknell, and B.U. were promptly reprimanded in the following schedule...