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Perhaps by November, if the Crimson's injuries heal, Penn may again be within Harvard's grasp, as they were last fall. But for now, McCurdy may have to be content with the Crimson's 18th straight victory over Columbia, a third and deservedly unheralded entrant in the meet...
...relations with Capitol Hill, Richardson has achieved marked improvements, impressing congressional committees with his grasp of detail, which was demonstrated once again last week as the Senate Finance Committee began hearings on the revised welfare re-form bill supported by the Administration. Says New York's Senator Jacob Javits: "Sure, there is always a touch of arrogance. But it is not empty. He's got something to back it up that commands respect." Richardson revamped the congressional liaison staff and spends more time than Finch did in coddling Congressmen. When differences crop up, they tend now to exonerate...
Taken merely as a contrived symbol, the star would be only a bit of mys- tical sleight of hand, but Rosenzweig clearly meant it to be a demonstration of both ontological truth and an ethnic imperative. The Jews, he says, have been elected to grasp intuitively this intimate structure of reality. By their blood inheritance of God's ancient Covenant with Abraham, the Jews have the truth in as rich abundance as man is allowed-if they want it. For Judaism is at the very heart of the star, its burning center. Christianity forms the "rays" of the star...
...often have to buy their supplies from a number of sources-meat from one distributor, fish and seafood from another, produce from still another. Sanford sensed the need for an all-in-one service that would provide a complete line of foods-from goose to mousse. To get a grasp of the gossip and personalities in the industry that he had chosen, he bought three years' back issues of trade publications and studied them from cover to cover...
...that the desire of married women to take jobs increases rather than decreases as they and their husbands turn the corner from being fairly poor to being fairly well off. These women join the labor force to extend their families' economic reach beyond the main breadwinner's grasp, and often with his encouragement. For families of almost any income level, a second paycheck can mean an end to worry and a new ability to take faraway vacations or send the children to camp and college...