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...pills, and she takes one daily for the next 20 or 21 days. By some biochemical magic not yet understood, the progestin makes it impossible for a follicle to ripen and spill out an ovum. It also prepares the lining of the uterus for menstruation. By the 25th or 26th day, when all chance of ovulation, and therefore of conception, during that cycle has passed, the woman stops taking her pills. Within two or three days, the on set of menstruation signals the start of another cycle...
...U.C.L.A.'s No. 1-ranked Bruins: their 26th straight victory, 91-81, over crosstown rival Southern Cal, in the last game of the regular season-thus becoming the first major college basketball team (TIME, Jan. 17) to go through a full season unbeaten since Ohio State...
...weeks, bands of Castroite guerrillas have been roaming the Dominican hills, waging a hit-and-run war against the three-man junta that rules the Caribbean island nation. The guerrillas call themselves the 14th of June Movement (in imitation of Castro's 26th of July group), and estimates of their strength run to 250 men. While they pose no immediate threat to the government, their nuisance bombs and countryside ambushes make everybody nervous...
Hewlett had won seven of eight meets, placed second in the other, and had never been beaten by a teammate going into the Heptagonal meet Nov.8. On that disastrous day Hewlett staggered home in 26th place, behind Crimson teammates Ed Meehan and Bill Crain, and in back of almost a score of runners he had beaten earlier in the year...
After that it was a long drought as Crimson supporters waited for their next runner to finish. It was another three minutes before John Ogden trooped in in 26th, followed by Hewlett one place back. Langdon Burwell rounded out the top five for Harvard, coming in 31st...