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...After a volley of the usual questions--"Did you feel badly about beating your own doubles partner in the finals?", etc., Levin burst out laughing...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Tennis Star Plays for Pleasure | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...senior at University High School in West Los Angeles. Levin performed well enough on California's cement courts to earn a ranking among the top ten junior players in the state. He had developed a fine serve-and-volley game, strengthened it with a strong forehand slam, and put it to good use on the hard, quick cement courts...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Tennis Star Plays for Pleasure | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...used to pray for rain," says Levin. "The California courts were so fast that all you really needed was a good serve and volley to be a decent player. The clay courts slowed the game down considerably, so there was an element of craftiness that I hadn't needed before...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Tennis Star Plays for Pleasure | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

Levin added a considerable amount of shotmaking techniques to his already powerful serve-and-volley style during his freshman year, and a the top singles player on his freshman team, was capable of handling nearly all the clay-court players he faced...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Crimson Tennis Star Plays for Pleasure | 5/21/1969 | See Source »

...After enjoying a late-evening drink at the elegant Sulgrave Club, a group that included U.S. Senators Mark Hatfield, Hugh Scott and Howard Baker and Nixon's Communications Chief Herb Klein walked out into a volley of gunfire on the street. The victim was a 29-year-old Treasury agent-in-training who was shot when he refused a holdup man's demand for money. He was treated by another member of the group, Kentucky Congressman Tim Lee Carter, who happens to be a doctor as well as a politician...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE CITY: TERROR IN WASHINGTON | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

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