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Harvard's freshmen are a brighter spot in the sailing picture. Coached by last year's All-American captain Abbott Reeve, the Yardlings won their elimination heat on Saturday for the New England championships at the end of April, where they stand a good chance. On Monday in the Greater Bostons, the freshmen could only manage a third. Tim Black, Ogden Ross, and Steve Saudek formed the backbone of the team's effort...
...type." What she found was "a tall, slim boy in evening dress -so much more poised than I expected." Lindbergh, she wrote, "is taller than anyone else-you see his head in a moving crowd and you notice his glance, where it turns, as though it were keener, clearer, brighter than anyone else's, lit with a more intense fire...
...expectations. Higher education once was looked on as a privilege reserved for the brighter sons of the affluent. Now it is coming to be assumed that every boy or girl who can get through high school has a right to four years of college, with public assistance if need be. Last week the Senate passed a bill that would give every college student the right to a grant of $1,400 a year, minus what his family could contribute. Untended illness used to be regarded as the unavoidable fate of the poor and aged. Today it is considered an intolerable...
...bank forecasts a moderate improvement in the overall payments balance in 1972 but does not expect the nation's export-import picture to be much brighter. One reason: the U.S. economy is expanding and will demand more imports, but Europe and Japan are slowing down and will hold back on buying from...
...taken his stand and made for himself a well-deserved place in history. This country isn't perfect and neither is Mr. Nixon, but his undying concern and his faithful help have led me to believe that some one finally turned on the lights. Things do look brighter. This man has filled American minds with hope, replacing the despair that lived there for so long...