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...Miru, had founded in a hurricane off Rapa. The French government announced that it would take one-half of any salvage from the Miru, and the island's natives would get the other half. That, he said, was why everyone was going to the beach; wreckage was sure to drift in soon. Arrow discreetly pointed toward a white-hulled yacht with a New Zealand flag flying from the stern, and suggested that the Miru hadn't broken up yet. Somewhat downcast, the native called his fellows back. Later the island meterologist informed Davis that several ships, some larger than...
...most important consequence of the College's oblivious attitude toward the pre-med. Medical schools themselves are growing exasperated with what they term Harvard's "laissez-faire"; the dean of Cornell Medical School last week exploded to an applicant from Harvard, "Why in the world do they let you drift along like that for three years up there and then expect you to get accepted." Boston University Medical School says the same. Even the Dean of Harvard's own Medical School feels that pre-med advising in the College is "on the whole, not adequate...
...cannot . . . win the peace with a foreign policy of drift, makeshift and make-believe...
...philosopher, two lovely sisters, a father with his son and daughter. Among the figures are bronze flowers, bugs, dogs and a fat, barnyard goose. The whole group stands in a polished, dark granite pool, each statue set on a slender stalk above water level, so that they seem to drift and float across the calm water. Overlooking the figures, Sculptor Milles has placed a merry-looking angel standing guard with a flute and with head cocked attentively...
During the early weeks of every Spring term, freshmen drift over to Memorial Hall in groups of five or six. They watch some entertainers perform for an hour or two--usually a mediocre hour or two; they empty countless kegs of beer, and drift away--in the same groups of five...