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Harvard's undefeated cross country team views the meet with Dartmouth as a breather sandwiched between last Tuesday's "squeeker" victory against the University of Massachusetts and the challenge against Princeton and Yale next week...
During intermission at the Metropolitan Opera House last week, a man badly in need of a breather approached an attendant at an exit. "When," he asked, "will the next orgy begin?" He hardly had time to wait for an answer. The orgy began almost immediately, went on interminably, and inflicted on spectators perhaps the most tasteless evening ever endured at the Met. The occasion was the U.S. premiere of the Bolshoi Ballet's Spartacus, an extravaganza so preposterous it was hard to believe a professional dance company was responsible for it. The story dealt with Rome's slave...
...Minister during a Senate confirmation hearing-two years ago merged his Darling Stores into Grayson-Robinson and rapidly opened 43 discount branches. Expansion cost more than it brought in. When Manhattan's Bankers Trust called its $6,400,000 note last week, Gluck had to plead for a breather. Since his firm's assets exceed its debts, Gluck may well ride out the crisis...
...Interior ministries in return for Prince Souvanna Phouma's promise that all important decisions in these vital areas be made by mutual consent-although no one was sure how a government could function effectively under such conditions. After an hour's talk, the delegates emerged for a breather and a good cigar. In a surprisingly mellow mood...
...Memorial Day breather gave Wall Street's harassed brokers and clerks a chance to catch up, and the nation time to absorb the news that the market was hardening. By Friday noon, as the buying fever subsided, the ticker tape caught up with orders for the first time since Monday. At the week's close, the Dow-Jones stood at 611.05-almost exactly even with the previous week's close of 611.88, before the Blue Monday began...