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...Harvard won eight of the eleven events, five of them in record time. The superstars had come off the bench or out of the water again and again to stem the tide of Yale's reserves. Kaufmann swam in three individual events, Pringle in three, and Freestyler Bill Zentgraf in two. Between the three they accounted for five of Harvard's eight victories and 30 of Harvard's 48 points. It was a story of good coaching and individual efforts. Time and again Bill Brooks' delicate distribution of his tired stars foiled Moriarity. Yale saved too many of its stars...
Dissent from the Bench...
...which opinion was found so sharp as to warrant the censorship of non-publication in the official reports. The reversal on appeal of the co-defendant cannot set aright the fatal judicial wrong done Lenny Bruce-a wrong that is one of the reasons for my retirement from the bench...
...Prime Minister tried to shrug off the omission, explaining that he had been unable to get in touch with Brown. Unmollified, Brown refused to take his place on the government front bench in Commons during the 3:30 a.m. announcement of the Labor government's economic moves. Later, in the members' lounge, Brown complained to Tories and Laborites alike: "I'm never consulted about anything." Then he gathered about 50 Labor M.P.s in the Commons' tearoom. "I'm one of you now," he said. "We are going to plunge this party back to the grass...
...mouth belongs to Coach Emile ("The Cat") Francis, 41, a diminutive ex-goalie who patrols the Ranger bench during games, screaming profanities that would make a dock-walloper blanch. "Cash and cussing" is the way one Ranger describes Francis' coaching methods: players who turn in exceptional performances find something extra in their pay envelopes; those who let down get a stinging spray of verbal vitriol. Last season, after a lackadaisical game against Montreal, Francis announced that a "television deal" was in the offing. The players' faces brightened. "Yeah," sneered the coach, "the Red Skelton show needs some sloppy