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Newcombe's two victories over Connors came on grass, a fast surface suited to his serve-and-volley power game. The Las Vegas match will be on a slower synthetic surface, but Newcombe seems too strong to be seriously handicapped by a dull court. When he is pent up, Newcombe lets go with the toughest serve in tennis, and no one has a more murderous volley...
Striding back and forth across the Washington courtroom, lacing his low, even voice at ripe moments with sarcasm and incredulity, Defense Counsel Edward Bennett Williams bored away at the witness in 5½ relentless hours of crossexamination. The target of Williams' searching volley of questions was Attorney Jake Jacobsen, principal accuser of Williams' distinguished client: John B. Connally, 58, three times Governor of Texas and former Secretary of the Treasury. Connally stands charged with accepting a $10,000 gratuity from Jacobsen as a payoff for influencing President Nixon to increase federal milk price supports...
...volley of parades, pageantry, and mass demonstrations in three townships will signal the opening of American Bicentennial celebrations this weekend...
...Penn's man did not look pained in that fourth game, at least not by his shins anyway, Fisher played what one squad member called "the most savvy squash I've ever seen." Using high lobs and non-percentage volley drops, Fisher out-smarted Coach in that game 15-9, for the match, the team victory, and second place in the Ivy League. "It was a colossal clutch performance," Barnaby said...
...case had reached Battisti's federal court in Cleveland through a complex series of events. First an Ohio grand jury refused to indict any Guardsman for the 13-second volley of shots fired into a crowd during a rally to protest the 1970 U.S. invasion of Cambodia. Then Attorney General John Mitchell refused to bring any federal charges. But parents, survivors and sympathizers would not accept that result. Last year Attorney General Elliot Richardson was persuaded to renew the investigation. This time a federal grand jury charged eight of the Guardsmen with willfully violating the victims' civil rights...