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...slash that means "Don't." In addition, the new signs use a color code: red to prohibit, yellow to warn, green to permit movement, blue for highway services, brown for scenic suggestions. Shapes, too, are being standardized: a pennant for no passing, a circle for railroad crossings, a diamond for potential hazards...
Security men almost outnumbered the guests at the Guy de Rothschild chateau outside Paris-and with good reason. A dazzle of diamonds winked and twinkled in all directions, from hair, hands, necks and bosoms. The Duchess of Windsor's were canary. Signora Gianni Agnelli's stones coruscated white, pink and green. But Elizabeth Taylor outshone everyone at the costume ball with the 69.4-carat, million-dollar "Burton Diamond" at her throat, and her black hair caught up in a net studded with 1,000 small diamonds and edged with 25 larger ones. Perhaps to relieve the monotony...
...romp over Penn State, Howard's forwards appear to be equally explosive, but they like to move the ball straight up the middle with short passes, and they will be testing Harvard's defense where it is the strongest. Sophomore Brian Fearnett is the cutting edge of the "diamond" fullback formation, and he is backed up by Wilmot...
Wilmot played sweeper back his first two years with the varsity, but he feels that this year's "diamond" defense will prove to be more effective in the final rounds of the NCAA tournament...
...principle advantage of the "diamond" defense over man-to-man coverage is its flexibility. If the ball comes down the left side for example, left wingback Rick Scott goes out to meet the play. Wilmot covers the first lineman to come through, and center fullback Brian Fearnett takes the second...