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...Rachmaninoff, he skids clean off the piano bench, pulls out a neon-blue seat belt, fastens it with frosty dignity, and resumes his musical flight. He also keeps up a running gag with a treacherous watch that tells the day, month, year and altitude ("Today it is the 39th of February, 1216 B.C., and we are flying at an altitude of four feet below sea level...
Saturday, September 5 ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). First national telecast of the Hambletonian, the Kentucky Derby of trotting, now in its 39th year and worth $150,000 in prize money. Also, Japanese baseball championships...
Mamoun, a lifetime judge and political power in Nasser's Arab Socialist Union, came out of retirement to take the job. As Grand Mufti of Egypt from 1955 until 1961, he issued thousands of rulings and interpretations on religious matters. As the 39th rector of Al Azhar, Mamoun's responsibilities are even more impressive. The post carries with it the titles of Grand Imam and Sheikh of Islam, which makes Mamoun the nearest thing to a Moslem pope. Yet with Egypt struggling to slough off its feudal ways, he must also guide the university toward turning...
...businessmen had rarely basked in a warmer glow. As it reached the 39th month of economic advance, the U.S. economy was in the midst of the longest peacetime expansion in modern history. First-quarter profit reports from every part of the U.S. showed that corporations were earning on the average of 20% more this year than in 1963. General Motors' earnings of $536 million were the highest for any company in any three-month period in business history, and huge profit gains were reported by giants as varied as Eastman Kodak (up 25%), U.S. Steel...
Questionnaires for the 39th annual Confidential Guide are being passed out this week, tonight through Thursday, in the Harvard dining halls and the Radcliffe Houses. Students are requested to fill out forms for all the middle and lower level courses they have taken. Completed polls will be collected this week or they may be returned directly to the CRIMSON at 14 Plympton...