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HERALDRY by Ottfried Neubecker. 288pages. McGraw-Hill. $39.95. The author confirms a suspicion probably held by most people: to understand even a tiny blot on the elaborate escutcheon of heraldry, one must be a herald. The author, director of the German General Roll of Arms, explains the code of identification that was already fiendishly complex in the 12th century. It is no use. Even introductory definitions flutter toward mystification ("Fountain. A roundel barry wavy argent and azure"). Fortunately, the book's 1,700 illustrations fill this simple information gap with a tournament of griffins rampant and bends sinister. They...
That's the formula for a real heartbreaker, and that's exactly what the Radcliffe field hockey team got on Saturday, a 1-0 loss on a freak goal that might well hold up as the only blot on an otherwise marvelous season...
...considering legislation by Ohio Representative Charles A. Vanik that would require manufacturers to install filters on all new TV and radio sets as a shield against RFI. But nature may have the last word. By 1978, increasing sunspot activity may cause atmospheric changes that could interfere with, and sometimes blot out CB transmissions...
Without it, he would be politically moribund. The question now is whether the recovery is enough to blot out Watergate and make the Russians and Henry Kissinger seem less of an irritant to the nation's peace of mind...
...week it was formally dedicated as a historical monument. Boy Scouts directed traffic while an honor guard from nearby Andrews Air Force Base presented colors. Said Restoration Committee Chairman Thomas S. Gwynn Jr. to the 700 onlookers, including 30-odd Surratt descendants who attended the affair: "To remove this blot, this blemish, this cloud from the name of one of our local residents, is why we are here today...