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...intentional flip side of this admissions coin is that the minority students who do come to Harvard are by and large academically high-powered. "Our population of minorities seems to have gotten here by dint of hard work," says Marlyn M. Lewis '70, assistant dean of the College. Many of these students simply have no desire to play varsity athletics...
...company's standard models. In June, the company contracted with a Korean piano manufacturer, Young Chang, to design and build grand pianos, which are now for sale in the U.S. under the Wurlitzer label. One bright spot is the company's European division, which primarily markets coin-operated jukeboxes and vending machines. Revenues have climbed from $7.2 million in 1975 to $13.7 million this year...
...Montmartre in that most American symbol, the Cadillac convertible, and his outfit suggests the classic American gangster get-up: rumpled raincoat, dark suit, and perpetually tilted hat. And there is that peculiarly American sense of optimism and near-innocence that he earnestly exudes as he flips the ever-present coin in his pocket and wryly comments." I feel my luck coming back...
Though one undergraduate allegedly disguised himself as a workman and roamed the tunnels freely to avoid the winter cold, most in traders are less systematic. Vandals have occasionally used the tunnels to gain access to University buildings, robbing coin machines found in the basements, says B&G official Norman Goodwin. Most of the entrants, however, are simply curious students. "It would appear that the tunnels remain a continuing challenge to undergraduates," notes Tribble. Break-ins usually come in fits and starts--a small rash of entries followed by six to eight quiet months, he says...
...going to do," insisted Hartnett. Then, with less than a minute to go, the Congressman stood up amid the hubbub on the floor. Hartnett gazed up at his wife in the spectator's gallery. He gave a thumbs-up sign, shrugged and pretended to flip a coin...