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...university, remember? Where J. Boyd Britton, administrative vice-president of Radcliffe, explained the pay differential between men and women cooks by saying, "There's a long tradition of male superiority." Where F. Skiddy von Stade, dean of Harvard freshmen, described the women involved in the 1969 strike by saying, "They were so insolent, the worst of the bunch. At least you have to respect the boys just a little bit since they have something real riding on this... But if the girls get heaved, they'll just go off to secretarial school...
...bought both contenders in the 1964 competition: Britain's Sovereign and the U.S.'s Constellation, Designer Olin Stephens' runaway winner. Next, Bich tried to buy Stephens' Intrepid, which crushed an Australian challenge in 1967. When he was rebuffed, Bich asked a brilliant young American, Britton Chance Jr., to design Chancegger, embodying the latest ideas in 12-meters. When the baron was ready to build his own France, he had taken notes on four boats and two of the best U.S. designers. Even then, there were almost insurmountable barriers. The America's Cup rules specify that...
...favorite simply because she was the latest creation of Olin Stephens, the 62-year-old designer of four of the last five cup champions. In fact, Stephens' winning design for the last America's Cup in 1967 was Intrepid. Now, radically revamped by 29-year-old Designer Britton Chance Jr., Stephens' own boat threatens to break the old master's winning streak...
...carries 1,750 sq. ft. of sail, less than usual for a 12-meter. Under the cup formula, the reduced sail area allowed Stephens to build a bigger boat; theoretically, at least, the longer the waterline, the faster the boat. INTREPID should probably be rechristened Son of Intrepid. Designer Britton Chance Jr., 29, has altered the 1967 cup winner so much that it is virtually a new boat. According to one rival designer, Chance "performed a hysterectomy on her keel," radically shortening and reshaping it in an effort to give the boat more "lift" to windward and help it perform...
Radcliffe will allow students to choose one of three alternatives to the present meal contract system for May, J. Boyd Britton, administrative vice-president of Radcliffe. said yesterday...