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...Republicans give one seat per Representative only if his district polled at least 1,000 G.O.P. votes in the last election, another if it topped 10,000. Reason: to reduce the convention strength of Southern delegations, which have axes to grind but few votes to deliver...
Behind this picture lie many decades of experimentation with training quarters and procedures for the annual grind, longest crew race in the world. Although the crew rows distances up to on miles a day in practice, all the season's regular races are sprints, with lengths ranging from the Henley distance of one and five-sixteenths miles--"leave it to the British to pick such an unorthodox distance" says Bill Bingham--through the mile-and-three-quarters, two-mile, and 2000 meter courses...
...cruise ships of Canada Steamship Lines will enter the Saguenay, their rails lined with the first of the season's 250,000 tourists, mostly from the U.S. Off the frowning, forbidding, 2,000-foot cliff of Cape Eternity, the ships will slow down. Their jazz orchestras will grind out Ave Maria and searchlights will play on a statue of the Virgin placed high on Cape Trinity by an habitant grateful for his recovery after a fall through the Saguenay's ice. Then the whistles will sound, while passengers marvel at the long-drawn echoes between Capes Trinity...
...well over a decade, the Yard athletic program has limped along like a nervous ghost, always threatening to sink dejectedly into a nearby grave, and rarely showing signs of purpose or composure. Freshmen have groaned through their regular grind in the gym, and perhaps played a game or two of pickup softball, but there has been no integrated inter-dormitory sports organization. Now, however, negotiations between Yard officials and the Athletic Association seem to promise well-arranged Freshman intramurals in the future...
Remove the seeds from the chiles. Brown the chiles, soak them in warm water for 15 minutes, then grind into a paste. Roast the removed chile seeds, grind them together with the chocolate and all the other ingredients (except the sesame seeds). This makes two separate pastes. Put them together and fry in plenty of shortening, stirring constantly until thick. Then dilute with chicken or turkey broth to the consistency of cream soup. Pour all this over slices of boiled turkey, bring the entire dish to a boil for five minutes, serve sprinkled with sesame seed. Sop the sauce with...