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Glacial Age. De Lumley, a Marseille University professor, who with his archaeologist wife Marie-Antoinette has been excavating the grotto for a dozen years, bases his estimate on paleomagnetic dating of the clay in which traces of ancient man were found. During a period of warmer temperatures some 1½ million years ago, De Lumley believes, the waters of the Mediterranean rose and waves battered the hillside, enlarging the limestone grotto, and leaving the various fossilized fish, mollusks and tiny marine organisms that have been found in the cave. About 1 million years ago, the sea retreated...
Loyal Park's varsity baseball squad returned from a week in the warmer climes of Georgia and Florida with some sunburn, eight victories, three losses, several key injuries, a powerful batting order, a few pitching surprises and a few disappointments, a designated hitter, 89 runs scored, 43 scored-against, an unofficial win against a Montreal Expos farm club, some promising rookies and optimism about the upcoming season which opens today against GBL rival Boston College...
...time the Harvard squad gets to warmer climates, all of those teams will have played as many as 10 or 12 games. That is quite a contrast from the Harvard players who have only donned gloves and carried bats within the cozy confines of Briggs Cage...
What many of the northeastern coaches did not really remember is that all of the southern schools begin their seasons the first week of March. By the time the Harvard squad gets to warmer climates, all of those teams will have played as many as ten or twelve games. That is quite a contrast from the Harvard players who have only donned gloves and carried bats within the cozy confines of Briggs Cage...
...solidly-built portion of the city, with quaint two- and three-story pensions and humble eating places crowding the paved streets, along with small shops selling clothes, stationery and cheap appliances. Large churches open up on concrete plazas. Here the streets are less steep, and the air is noticeably warmer than it was at the top. The narrow streets then give way to broad tree-lined avenues wrapped in the shadows of the towering hotels, banks, and office buildings built by the money of foreign companies and wealthy local businessmen. Further on still, this district merges into the posh suburbs...