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Last year, more than 2800 entrants rowed in 670 shells, but this year's Head will boast an even larger field: over 3000 racers will man 720 boats in the 18-event program...
...foolhardy enough to rush to reporters and boast of how he turned the President around on any specific issue...
...undergraduate programs. But suddenly, thanks to a predicted decrease in the number of 18-to 22-year-olds and growing financial deficits, colleges have realized that extension programs are lucrative and are madly recruiting the older, more serious-and often more affluent-student. Weekend colleges are blossoming. Night schools boast better faculty. Liberal arts colleges, where adults were once treated as gray-haired pariahs, are encouraging older people to participate with regular undergraduates in daytime classes...
Supporters of the bill also boast of Harris polls which indicate 52 per cent of the public supports a federal consumer advocacy agency. Another poll reported that when Americans were asked to "describe the ethics of people running various institutions", of the 11 institutions listed, "consumer action groups" ranked first and "major corporations" ranked tenth...
Shinnecock Hills was also the trendsetter for the social exclusiveness that became characteristic of prominent clubs. It was the first course to boast a clubhouse, which ever since have become accepted as de rigeur. Moreover, the clubhouse was designed by Stanford White, the legendary architect of the period. By the turn of the century, Shinnecock had become the first American golf club to be incorporated and have a waiting list...