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...devastated areas did little or nothing to assist in the rescue effort. Moreover, Mexican officials were allegedly more anxious to bulldoze ruined buildings than to proceed with the painstaking / rescue work, apparently out of the mistaken fear that decomposing corpses in the ruins would cause epidemics. Carl Heinz Wolbert, a West German police detective and volunteer rescue expert, wept in frustration at the resulting delays. Said he: "We can touch the people who are trapped. In Mexico it is impossible to get them out. In Germany it would be very possible." Admitted a senior Mexican official: "In situations like this...
...Guelph, George Wolbert, the Shell Oil lawyer, has spent four hours on ice. He is white-haired and balding. "What do you get here...
...Complete relaxation. An absolute change in my life. A chance to work off hostilities. Discipline." Wolbert puffs and smiles. "At my age, I'm not going to get faster, so I'd better try and get better...
...George Wolbert is not No. 1, or the best or even as good as he used to be. He just wants to play hockey as long and as well as he can. We sit alone in a dressing room within an empty arena. The networks are not here. It is fine to savor sport this way, without packages, cans and nonsense...
...Wolbert says, "but there is no reason why I can't play competitive hockey until I'm 60 years old." We begin, George and I, to define sport...