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Anyone who has sat in an airport watching mostly empty planes from competing lines take off for the same place at almost the same time may have wondered whether all those trips were necessary. Alone among nations, the U.S. allows a flock of its airlines to compete on routes that can barely pay off for one. Probably the worst case of overcompetition is the Los Angeles-Honolulu route, covered by eight lines...
Mike Koerner, one of the top hopes for the favored Crimson, was bothered by a recurring foot injury and fell back after the first mile before finally dropping out. Teammate Bob Seals, who was first at the mile, was passed by a flock of Quakers in the first set of hills. He never recovered...
...particularly enjoyable diversion to watch Harvard's football team play last year-unless you attended one of the six colleges that sent the Crimson down to its worst season since 1957. Generally considered to be the team to beat in the Ivy League with a flock of lettermen back from an undefeated squad, the Crimson stumbled through a night-Mariah Fall, absorbing a 41-24 whipping from mediocre Cornell, losing to Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale and almost anyone else who could figure out a way to stop the Crimson's routine offensive system and pick apart its defense...
...Orlovsky join voices again, and turn what is probably Blake's most popular poem into a tripped-out nursery song. This song expresses the essence of Blake's vision of innocence. Man is Child gently watched over by Christ, the Shepherd, as a human shepherd cares for his flock of lambs...
Greece may be unpopular with other European governments, but it has never been more popular with European and American travelers. After a downturn in tourism in the wake of the 1967 military takeover, a record 1.3 million visitors are expected to flock to Greece's shores this summer, a 24% increase over 1969. The surge has given new impetus to Greece's economic boom. According to official estimates in Athens, the nation's growth rate in 1970 will equal or surpass last year's impressive 8%. Partly in a mood of gathering confidence and partly...