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...performances. Pe, playing at the number-two position, made the most of her effective forehand, coasting to a 6-1, 6-3 triumph. Schulman patiently grooved groundstrokes to outsteady her opponent at the number three slot, 6-3, 6-2. Senior captain Martha Roberts used her powerful serve-and-volley game to mow down Chris Carson, the number four UMass player, 6-2, 7-5. And Spunky sophomore, Debbie Kalish, overcame an ankle injury that had plagued her most of last season, defeating Sue Cochiatto 6-1, 6-3 at number...
...envoy in El Salvador. In a daring speech to the local Chamber of Commerce, White accused wealthy Salvadorans of resisting reforms and condoning repression. When barricaded in his residence by a rightist mob, he calmly sat out the siege, listening to classical music. Later, he escaped under a diversionary volley of tear gas fired by his Marine bodyguards. Says one official familiar with White's tactics: "When you are trying to promote economic growth, you write reports. When you're trying to stop torture, you have to get your hands dirty...
...place after the compulsory exercises. In the optionals, she opened on the balance beam, dazzling the crowd with what seemed to be a flawless routine. Her score was slow in being posted because of a computer problem. After seven minutes she was awarded a disappointing 9.9, which drew a volley of whistles and catcalls. The Rumanian among the six judges was nearly apoplectic, as was Comaneci's coach, who lodged an unsuccessful protest...
Before Borg was old enough to get a driver's license in Sweden, his ground strokes had earned him recognition as one of the world's premier clay-court players. But his baseline style and his weak serve and volley made him a less effective player on the fast surfaces of grass and artificial outdoor and indoor courts. He caused teeny-bopper riots when he first came to Wimbledon in 1973 at age 17. But he bowed out, undone on the speedy grass...
...sounded more like a firefight than an execution. For nearly three minutes, the firing squad discharged volley after volley at the targets. Cecil Dennis continued to stand upright, his eyes closed, as one errant shot after another was fired at him by his executioner. Finally, another soldier stepped out of the ranks and killed him with a sustained burst of automatic fire...