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...mark in any race, and the most embarrassing moment of all for the Aussies occurred in the third race when, midway through the opening, windward leg, a 12-ft. Beetle Cat boat piloted by two youths capsized directly in the path of the onrushing Intrepid. Mosbacher had to veer off sharply; in the process, Intrepid caught a blast of air from a Coast Guard rescue helicopter that wrapped her mainsail around the backstay, cost her more than 30 sec. of racing time. She still beat Dame Pattie to the first mark...
...indeed bring Peking's aid, from Chinese tanks and MIGs to rifles. But Bhutto's approach also helped bring an end to U.S. economic assistance a year ago, and eventually the pinch began to hurt. In the best tradition of middle-of-theroadmanship, Ayub began to veer back toward the West, beginning with a visit to Washington last December. Bhutto did not approve, and more and more Ayub turned elsewhere for counsel. In announcing Bhutto's departure, Ayub, who will take over the Foreign Ministry portfolio himself, insisted that it would lead to no change in Pakistan...
Giap was an accomplished lecturer in French history who "could step to a blackboard and draw in the most minute detail every battle plan of Napoleon," one of his former students recalls. A passionate ascetic who could veer abruptly from violent emotion to icy control, he was early dubbed "The volcano and the snow" by his associates. "We were all intrigued," says one, "by his passion for Napoleon and the French Revolution. And we used to tease him when he railed against the French, by asking 'Are you sure you don't want to be Napoleon?' " Giap...
...originally planned, the temporary roads, carrying traffic coming West from Broadway and North from Harvard Square on Peabody St., would have almost touched Littauer Center on two sides. The road coming from Harvard Square was to come within 40 ft. of the front of Littauer and then veer to the East. The other was to pass within 15 ft. of Littauer's back steps...
Humphrey will probably veer from his printed text and talk about Vietnam something he has done in his last three speeches, according to William H. Wells director of public relations at Tufts...