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September 10, 1966

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the sporting scene

The World Cup

THE SPORTING SCENE about the 1966 competition for the World Cup in soccer (football), won by England, which was also the host country. The competition was …

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THE ENEMY

REPORTER AT LARGE about a North Vietnamese soldier. The writer calls him Nguyen Ngoc Vinh; he was born in 1938. While Vinh was growing up, land in what is …

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