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...consolation to Moles and his obviously devoted translator, it may be admitted that, when the original French edition appeared in 1958, it was quite fashionable to dash cybernetically about. After a sufficiently loud and long obeisance to information theory (sufficiently loud and long to attract financial support and publication), it seemed not to matter what profit came from applying Shannon's H-formula to any kind of relative frequencies, real or imaginary. It was no fault of Shannon's that, by the end of the Fabulous Fifties, the H of his formula stood most often for Hooey...
JUST LIKE US! (Columbia) might well be called Just Like Them!, because Paul Revere and the Raiders put one in mind of so many other rock-'n'-roll groups, along with a dash of Dylan and a roll of Stones. But Paul, who comes from Portland, Ore., plays a rocking, rollicking organ, and the colonially clad quintet (seen on Where the Action Is) may make whole regiments of fans waver from their British alignments...
Wayne Andersen upset Navy's highly touted Bob Donohue in a successful defense of his crown in the 60-yard dash. Both runners were clocked...
...Although there was no Sloan car [Feb. 25], at least one of G.M.'s vehicles was named after its inventor: the Oldsmobile, named after Ransom Eli Olds, and first produced in 1887 as a three-wheeled, steam-powered horseless carriage. In 1900, the "Curved Dash" Oldsmobile was developed at the Olds Motor Works. It was some time later that the Oldsmobile became associated with...
...major complaint of faculty members at the five Florida campuses was that they could not cram their previous 16-week semester courses into the 14-week trimesters without shortchanging students. "Education is not a 60-yard dash-it should be approached and savored," said one Florida State professor, who contended that under the trimester his students were "confused and stunned by the lightning speed of things." Some students agreed. "It's like trying to drink water from a high-pressure fire hose," said...