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Like a spring being sprung, like a reverberating baseball bat, the Harvard Anti-Physics Society today sprang into existence with a manifesto which mysteriously appeared in the mail boxes of Physics 13 students. Its very come-on was a physics problem: "Was this week's hour exam the last straw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'New Scientists' Find Home in Soc. Rel. | 12/16/1961 | See Source »

...regarded not as books at all, but as some kind of toy barely distinguishable from building blocks except that they are flatter and can be torn up? The economics of such kiddieware is impressive. One, a book written and illustrated by Tomi Ungerer, is about a cute bat and offers 334 words for $2.95, which would be fair enough if the author-artist personally baby-sat with each small customer. "Bats. Not for me," observed D. H. Lawrence, who wrote notably of game as well as gamekeepers. His Birds, Beasts and Flowers (suitably desexed), might be a better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Condemned Playground | 12/15/1961 | See Source »

Alan F. Martin '61, captain of the team in 1960 and 1961, received the Barrett Wendell Bat, given to the most outstanding player in hits, runs, stolen bases, and reaching base. David G. Morse '62, 1962 captain, was named for the second straight year the team's most valuable player. He received the Dana Wingate Trophy at the team's annual banquet Monday night at the Varsity Club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASEBALL AWARDS GIVEN | 12/14/1961 | See Source »

...pitched a neat four-hitter to square the series. That set the stage for Yankee Outfielder Roger Maris. Emotionally and physically exhausted after his season-long assault on Babe Ruth's home-run record, Slugger Maris was still looking for his first Series hit when he came to bat in the ninth inning of the third game. With the score tied 2-2, Maris finally connected with a hit that took its place in baseball history with Babe Ruth's homer in the 1932 Series and Cookie Lavagetto's 1947 double.* A home run, it broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Tomorrow, Golf | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

Studies within the Bat Cave have shown that there is enough natural circulation to prevent any of the so-called aerosol effect from contaminating the Caverns. It has also been observed that mice, ringtail cats and raccoons frequent the Bat Cave, but so far there have been no cases of rabies in any of the wildlife, other than the bats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 13, 1961 | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

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