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Rice was Merton's boon companion at Columbia University, his godfather for baptism in the Catholic Church, and a lifelong friend. It is nonetheless a fuller, richer portrait of Merton than any available, partly because Trappist censors seriously bowdlerized Merton's own books. The handsomely designed work is full of Rice's kaleidoscopic recollections; tantalizing snatches of Merton's books, letters and poetry, both published and unpublished; pages of photographs; even a few breezy, Picasso-like nudes drawn by Merton shortly before he entered the monastery. Merton the Columbia undergraduate emerges as an accomplished rapscallion, occasionally...
...filter cigarette in less than a minute. Included in the outfit are tobacco, specially made papers and filters, the rolling machine and even 20-butt packets (which, curiously, do not bear the compulsory warning that smoking may be injurious to health). The cost? About 20? per pack-a boon to the heavy smoker and an apparent setback for American Cancer Society and other anti-smoking campaigners...
...policy has proved to be a boon to some Harvard Square banks. The Harvard Trust, which is next-door to the Coop, reported a nine per cent increase in new checking accounts in the third quarter of this year compared to a similar period in 1969. The percentage increase in September alone at the Harvard Square branch is probably even higher...
...Fatah in 1964 launched its first raid?on a small Israeli pumping station. After that, Arafat's growing group carried out a raid a week to gain experience and with each raid slowly won more support. The Six-Day War in 1967, a debacle for Arab governments, was a boon for the guerrillas. It provided them with thousands of weapons discarded by fleeing Arab soldiers; a grim race went on to see how much of the ordnance the guerrillas could grab before Israeli salvage squads reached it. The war also displaced more Arabs in Gaza and the West Bank...
...problem is CUNY money. Due to an underestimate of enrollment, the university's $322 million budget is adequate for only 30,000 freshmen instead of the estimated 35,000 now signed up. With backing from labor unions, who see open admissions as a boon for their members' children, the state and city will probably provide all the funds that Bowker needs. But until the money comes through, the university's 1,000 new teachers and guidance counselors will be far from sufficient. It will take longer to unjam the classrooms. Construction is so slow that the shortage...