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...subject, but that may have been accidental.) The President's purpose in choosing this blue-chip bunch was very shrewd. He was not nearly so interested in gaining unofficially thought-out views of economic and military programs as he was in providing himself with a club with which to clip Otto Passman, chairman of the Foreign Aid Appropriations subcommittee, behind the ear. The Committee, which would surely recommend a few minor cuts in expenditure and give the rest of foreign aid its blessing, would at last lend the programs an appearance respectable enough to cow the Congress...
Gavin Gilmore currently leads the squad's offense with a .394 batting average. Both Tom Bilodeau and Terry Bartolet are hitting the pellet at a .367 clip while Dick Diehl and Tom Stephenson are tied at .332. Stephenson leads the team in RBIs with 7 and in home runs with...
...swimming. He appears as physically fit as ever and retains his old nervous habits of jiggling his leg while sitting, and of smoking five packs of L. & M.s a day; like most Egyptians, he cannot stand the local brands. He still works twelve and 18 hours at a clip and is still the only man in the government who can be reached at any hour. A close aide says: "I've never heard of anyone getting chewed out for calling Nasser in the middle of the night. I do know of many who have been given unshirted hell...
...banks will pay $18,000-$20,000 a month for the service, and after the first year, when the full start-up costs are recovered, they will begin showing some savings-though they won't estimate how much. Besides whittling their direct costs, the nine banks will also clip a day off their old account posting time, be able to offer better and cheaper service to customers. Programming ahead for the computer pools, Booz, Allen's Neal J. Dean, partner in charge of management information systems, sees the day when all banks will cease being banks as people...
Tiger captain Art Hyland ranks sixth among the Ivy's leading scorers, shooting at a 13.7-points-per-game clip, and is a fine playmaker. Joining Hyland at guard will be Chuck Berling, who returns to the lineup after a semester's ineligibility. Berling scored 17 points against Brown, and aided Bradley in controlling the boards...