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Harvard's skiers have a chance to place at the Carnival races, but they should not hope to conquer as a team. Paul Finnegan is our best cross country man, but Dartmouth's Caldwell is thought by many to be the best in the land. Ben Steele, in the Alpine events, has the lowest FIS points in the field, but freshmen John MacComber of Dartmouth and Kirk Dice of Vermont are skiing like future members of the national team...
Enjoying Life. Middle-aged Lothario might be more accurate. Lynda Day George, who acted with him in a recent TV movie of the week, observes: "When he finally relaxes and finds it isn't necessary to conquer every woman he meets, he'll begin to enjoy life more...
After climbing into the windows of Crag and sleeping huddled around the stove, the party, except for one who had received mild frostbite the day before, left at the crack of dawn in sub-zero temperatures to conquer Adams. Although the sky was clear on their side of the range, the clouds sweeping up the eastern slopes quickly locked in the mountain as they neared the final thousand feet of their climb. The ensuing blizzard completely obliterated any landmarks which they could have followed and any chance that they could reach the top. Now they only wanted to get safely...
This divide-and-conquer energy diplomacy is already yielding political and economic dividends for the Arabs. In Japan, a consortium of bankers said that they would go ahead with a loan of $30 million to Abu Dhabi, supposedly to build roads and hospitals. European banks had refused to make a similar loan because they feared that the money would really be used to finance the war against Israel. But the Japanese bankers, who are heavily influenced by the Tokyo government, evidently felt that they were in no position to refuse: Japan has to import nearly all its oil, 82% from...
...living was perhaps too easy. Collective action was not needed to conquer the elements; they were already friendly. Individuals could make a comfortable life on their own. Politics seemed irrelevant. So did a national, even a community spirit. Many immigrants planned only to make their fortunes and return to Europe. Even when they stayed, many never quite thought of themselves as anything but transients. The same mood prevails today. Says Novelist Murena: "I was born here. But sometimes I find myself asking: Am I really going to die here among these strangers...