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Still, the test itself in recent years has had less and less to do with math department curriculum. According to Emeritus Professor of Mathematics Andrew Gleason, a three-time winner of the Putnam and co-author of a book on the competition, the material on the examination has gotten more abstract, moving away from the material directly covered in college classes...
...problems in the early days were very much very hard standard college course type things,” Gleason says. Now, he adds, “there are questions that would not be covered in a college course—peripherally related, but not really covered...
...City. As they approached his room, distinctive laughter could be heard: "Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah." Peals of laughter, gales of it: "Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah." With some trepidation, they knocked on the door. More laughter, and finally Moynihan appeared in robe and underwear--and behind him, Jackie Gleason playing the working-class hero-bozo Ralph Cramden in The Honeymooners on television. "It's an important part of American culture," the somewhat embarrassed Senator insisted. It was also part of his life...
...before giving Gleason a real ring, Northrup tricked her by giving her a ring box filled with Sweet Tart hearts...
...couple will be married in Chelmsford, Mass. on July 13. Northrup will continue his studies at Caltech and Gleason hopes to find a job in Pasadena as a history teacher...