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...parapsychology ought to be excluded from serious scrutiny. Some first-rate minds have been attracted to it: Freud, Einstein, Jung, Edison. The paranormal may exist, against logic, against reason, against present evidence and beyond the standard criteria of empirical proof. Perhaps there are reasons why the roll of the dice and turn of the cards sometimes appear to obey the bettor's will. Perhaps the laws of probability are often suspended. Perhaps Geller and other magicians can indeed force metal to bend merely because they will it. Perhaps photographs can be projected by the mind. Perhaps plants think...
Casting hoop squads is not casting dice, and perhaps grouping platoons of guards and forwards that complement each other and attack the enemy's sore spots would shift the emphasis from individual starting slots to final scoreboard tallies...
...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...
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...looked forward to the residents of Allen's Alley and their zany humor. Remember Falstaff Openshaw? "From miles around you could hear the boom, as Mother fell out of the Rainbow Room!" or "Those aren't spots in your sugar. Mother: you're putting the dice in your...