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...behind France's Marielle Goitschel. "I'll have to go awful fast on the second run," she said-and onlookers gasped as she zipped through the 52 gates in the fastest time of the day, only to be disqualified for missing a gate. That was just a tune-up. Next day, in the giant slalom-a combination slalom and downhill that demands sheer straightaway speed as well as maneuverability-Jean snowed everybody under. Purists noted that her skis were too far apart and not quite parallel as she swooshed through the gates. But they could hardly fault...
...team returned yesterday by plane from the Midwest, in time for classes and a tune-up for tonight's North-eastern contest.DAVE GRANNIS...
...contrast, Dr. Snyder declared, M.I.T. used the imagery of the machine when discussing its students, treating them as "educational products." Students are sent to the psychiatrist for a "tune...
...varsity will meet a squad from Middleburg Wednesday in what is regarded as a tune-up for Saturday's game with Yale...
Finding out will not be easy. At 21, after two tune-up seasons in the bushes, Leftfielder Yastrzemski (pronounced Yah-strem-skee) is the finest outfield prospect in the American League. Boston sportswriters already are comparing him to Ted Williams, and the authoritative Sporting News has all but conceded him its Rookie of the Year award. In spring training, ex-Slugger Williams watched Yastrzemski take batting practice, exulted: "The boy has everything-poise a good eye, smoothness. He'll hit .320 in his first year." The prediction seems reasonable. At Raleigh, in the Class B Carolina League. Yastrzemski...