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...Crimson was surprised by M. I. T. and Brandeis last year, but not so much by hidden talent as by overconfidence. Both teams took early leads on a lackadaisical Harvard squad, and before the Crimson knew it, they faced the prospect of catch-up fencing. "Because of those two losses and the scare Duke gave us Friday, we will always start our first team even against weaker opponents," coach Marion said...
...However, I thought we'd get blitzed a lot more times than we did," he added. Last season Harvard was hampered by a weakness in the lighter weight divisions. It was here that the Crimson lost so many points and was forced to play catch-up in nearly every meet...
...strike at General Motors will distort the picture for the next six months or so. The walkout, Arthur Okun estimates, will chop $1 billion off the gross national product for each week it lasts, and give a misleading impression of a deepening slump. In early 1971, Okun adds, catch-up production by G.M. will paint an equally deceptive "rosy glow" on the economy. David Grove believes that this false picture will be heightened by steel users, who will be buying heavily to hedge against a possible mill strike in August...
...succeeded in attracting the same proportion of academic whiz kids that the university has boasted in past years. To keep the disadvantaged students from dragging down academic standards, the university is giving them as much time as they need to finish, plus a stiff dose of remedial courses. The catch-up work will not count toward a degree. Bowker insists: "We will not award college degrees for anything except college-level work...
...Bluestone, the chief U.A.W. bargainer at G.M. Counting the disputed 26? as "old money," the U.A.W. calculates the first-year offer of "new money" at no more than an average 3? per hour, or .75%. The union has hinted that a pay-and-benefit increase of 8% plus the catch-up 26? would be acceptable. That would amount to an increase for the average worker of roughly double the industry offer...