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...Nick's held off the Crimson for half the second period while picking up a garbage goal of their own. McManama put Harvard back on the track with a tipin of a Burns shot, however, and Bob Goodenow and Larry Desmond scored in rapid succession to widen...
Sophomore Goodenow's goal, his first as a varsity player, came off of a nice rush and feed by defenseman Bob Muse. Desmond, an ex-JV player skating on the fourth line, scored on a tip-in of sophomore Dave Hands's shot...
...found that the classroom had left before they got to the station. Still, New York commuters are famous for adaptability, and the 23 who did make it were no exceptions. Not the conductor, the blur of passing towns, sexy billboard advertisements or occasional stops seemed to bother anyone. Professor Desmond Reilly, a moonlighting advertising manager from the Olin Corp., stood in the center of the car. He made himself heard clearly over the rumble of the wheels by using a microphone; microphones are about to be installed so that students do not have to shout their questions...
Died. John Desmond Bernal, 70, physicist-philosopher and ardent Communist; of a stroke: in London. Called the "Sage" by fellow British scientists because of his encyclopedic knowledge, Bernal infuriated them with one of his favorite theories: "In capitalist countries, the direction of science is in the hands of those who hate peace." Nonetheless, they recognized the greatness of Bernal's own contributions to science, including experiments with crystals in the 1920s and '30s that helped lay the groundwork for molecular biology. When Sir John Anderson, Home Secretary at the outbreak of World War II, was criticized for hiring...
...paid $600 million a year to do: provide accurate information to guide American policymakers. Allowed to go its own way, largely immune to the pressures that cause other agencies to oversell policies, the CIA takes pride in its detachment. When he once briefed McNamara, the late respected operations chief, Desmond FitzGerald, expressed doubt that the data reflected the actual situation. "Why?" demanded McNamara. "It's just a feeling," replied FitzGerald. McNamara gave him a stony stare and later ordered: ''Don't ever let that man in here again...