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...French, Spanish, Latin, and even a four-year Russian course. Lewis raised requirements in math and science and joined Detroit's experimental English study program, which enables a bright student to read everything from Tolstoy to James Baldwin. He set up an honors program that required students to amass 200 credit hours, 40 more than the minimum for graduation; despite the hard work, the number of honors students increased fivefold. Along with the stiff academic program, Lewis pushed for vigorous extracurricular activities including "great books" discussions, dramatics, Greek lessons, and music from jazz to opera...
Died. William Keck, 84, oil tycoon, a crusty California wildcatter who hit it big near Los Angeles in 1922, went on to make his family-controlled company, Superior Oil, one of the world's largest independent producers and to amass a $250 million fortune, the small change from which he used to support such causes as those of the late Senator Joseph McCarthy; in Los Angeles...
Both teams played shoddy basketball for most of the game, and until the final minutes neither Harvard nor Yale was able to amass a lead larger than four points. With nine minutes to play, the Crimson led 44 to 40, but Yale capitalized on bad shooting and ball handling by the Crimson to inch ahead...
...Sandy Koufax: his 20th game for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the first major league pitcher of the season to amass a score of wins; against the San Francisco Giants, 11-1, in the first game of a pivotal late season series; in Los Angeles...
...they begin to wonder whether there is anything they can possibly achieve. Their questions grow increasingly insistent as they progress towards graduation and the choice of a career. Some people are temporarily paralyzed by the discordance they sense between themselves and the community around them. If they cannot amass all the available information, are they capable of learning anything...