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...stout of faith in yourselves, your alma mater and your God." So saying, the President stepped to the front of the dais and began to pass out the diplomas, characteristically reserving his most scrutinizing appraisal and his warmest words of encouragement for Cadet John Paul Doyle Jr., "The Goat" (last ranking cadet) of the class of 1955. "You'll do, all right," concluded the President to Cadet Doyle, amid booming roars of applause that carried out clear across the majestic Hudson. And so, in his own human way, had the President. 61st in the class...
...hundred-year-old lizards, named Komodo Dragons will be shipped to the Bronx Zoo. They are descendants of the Australian Dinosaur family and will give special performances (goat-eating, etc.) for the Press every Saturday for the next three weeks. CRIMSON editors have been invited and thus will not publish on those days...
Under the intoning guru's direction, the Shakta women and Naji took off their blouses and put them in a large earthenware jar, and the group drank liquor and feasted on goat flesh. But when Naji discovered the meaning of the ceremony, she refused to participate further. "You must take part in our sacrament," said the guru. Husband Odia also insisted. When her blouse was drawn from the jar, Naji ran off into the darkness...
...Dancing Goat. Among the most successful alumni of Breland's university are his "Caseys at the Bat" (hens that play baseball). It takes a very short time, he says, for a hen to learn that when she tugs at a rubber ring, an electrically operated bat will knock a small ball toward a wire-screen outfield and a few grains of wheat will fall into a trough. So the hen pulls the ring, and then runs madly for "first base'' (the trough). If the ball is intercepted by mechanical "defensive players," she knows by experience that...
...border and duel to the death with pistols. "If he hates me, then why not settle it this way?" grumbled Nicaragua's Anastasio ("Tacho'') Somoza, who claims to be the best shot in his tough, U.S. Marine-trained Gnardia National. "He's crazier than a goat in the midsummer sun," replied Costa Rica's José ("Pepe") Figueres. an M.I.T.-trained coffee planter...