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...survive in the face of such great odds, they clearly needed more than just luck. Robertson had learned about the sea in his younger days in the merchant marine. His wife had essential medical training. They were also an extremely close-knit group with a will to live. Occasional fierce bickering did break out. In this bestselling book, Robertson's understated narrative compellingly records it all with suitable Scots reserve...
...stake and an individual ethic of sacrifice. The prototypes that emerge on any team are there: the inspirational coach, the free spirits, the unskilled in ill-fitting uniforms and the infuriating naturals who merely don pads and look fast and mean. The varieties are universal. When the security of close-knit belonging ends so abruptly in November, the finality is like that of a best friend's death...
...experiences and feelings shared with other oarsmen were the essential factors which made crew worthwhile. The feeling of a boat working together and swinging along swiftly is not matched by many other sensations. After a race, the teammates in a boat are a close-knit unit, because they share the emotional and physical drain that has been spent in the race...
...Upjohn family of Kalamazoo, Mich., a close-knit and closemouthed clan, made an estimated $283 million last year, from a rise in its holdings in drug-producing Upjohn Co. to $659 million. Company officials will not confirm these figures; they say only that five family members-who do not constitute the entire family-control about 1.5 million shares. The price of these shares alone increased by $83 million in 1972, to $192 million. The company is headed by three husbands of granddaughters of Founder W.E. Upjohn. They are Chairman Ray T. Par-fet Jr., 50; President Robert M. Boude...
...highly appropriate that South House's first major contribution to the Harvard dramatic community should be informal and intimate rather than coolly professional. Ever since the dorms went co-ed three years ago. Radcliffe has been the place where people live who want to be part of a relaxed, close-knit community. In that same personal tone, the South House company now asks its audiences to "Enjoy the cheese and the play in the comfort of your own House...