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...here or a bad play there. But the overall picture given by the play charts shows that the Massachusetts punt early in the third quarter confined activity for the rest of the game between the 30-yard lines. Harvard gained good yardage between these two points, but to no avail...
Ever since, poor Seiji has believed that all 5 ft. 6 in. and 125 Ibs. of him is somehow not enough to command respect on a podium. He downed quarts of beer every day in an effort to build a stocky German silhouette, to no avail. "It would be ideal to be older and German," he mused. "But can I help being young and thin and Japanese...
...introduction of both extensive non-honors tutorial and tutorial in the sciences reflected the University's concern that more students should be able to avail themselves of the University's offerings...
...where buses hook up with Manhattan. Last year the line collected $47,289 in revenues from passengers-and lost $200,000 on them. Former owners did everything to shoo off the commuters, even to removing newer cars and replacing them with 50-year-old cars -but all to no avail. Last month New York Real Estate Man Irving Maidman, 66, became chairman after having bought control of the line for $1,500,000. He promptly came up with some new ideas to drive away passengers...
...Graduate Student Exchange Program will enable such students enrolled in one of the "Big Eleven" to take advantage of the special facilities, laboratories, and faculty of another university. For example, an Iowa grad student might avail himself of Michigan's Far Eastern Language Library, Wisconsin's biotron or Chicago's colonial historian, Daniel J. Boorstin. By consolidating doctoral study, the program plans to avoid duplication of effort and expenditure wherever possible...