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Harvard captured the Compton Cup for the fifth straight year as all five heavyweight eights pounded to convincing victories over Princeton and M.I.T. on the Charles Basin Saturday...

Author: By Thomas B.reston, | Title: Heavyweights Take Compton Cup Over Princeton, M.I.T. Shells | 5/1/1967 | See Source »

...heavyweight crew races against M.I.T. and Princeton for the Compton Cup on the Charles today. The outcome is likely to be a Crimson triumph for the fifth consecutive year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Faces Tech, Tigers In Compton Cup Defense | 4/29/1967 | See Source »

...Tiger varsity left the starting line in the Compton Cup as the near-unanimous choice for U.S. Olympic representation before a five-length Harvard victory forced a revision in predictions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crew Faces Tech, Tigers In Compton Cup Defense | 4/29/1967 | See Source »

Sometimes slightly authoritarian, Compton's scolds readers in an article on the arts: "The person who says he dislikes classical music is condemning himself, not music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning: Encyclopedias for Kids | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

Typical of the books' approaches are their opening sentences on articles on Minnesota. "Minnesota is one of the chief food-producing states in the United States," says World Book. "Nature has been good to Minnesota. It has given the state many resources for work and play," carols Compton's. "Minnesota is a north-central state near the center of North America," states Britannica. "A train of two-wheeled carts screeched and rumbled along the dusty trail," coaxes Book of Knowledge. Britannica's brevity shows in its listing of well-known Minnesotans; it is the only book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning: Encyclopedias for Kids | 11/11/1966 | See Source »

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