Word: havens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...renowned chemist himself, Chaim Weizmann had originally hoped to establish a haven in Rehovot for émigré Jewish scientists. A number of illustrious names-Einstein, Bohr, Von Neumann -did advise the institute in its early years, but none chose to make it their permanent home. Instead of importing a scientific elite, Israel was forced to produce its own; 80% of the institute's permanent staff is Israeli. Unlike many labs elsewhere, it enjoys what its scientific council chief, Mathematician Joseph Gillis, calls "a negative brain drain": far more scientists are trying to get in than to leave...
...Yale freshinen will challenge Harvard's first-year team Friday, November 21, in New Haven...
...Harvard harriers retain their cockiness and nonchalance. At a team party this past weekend, the Big Three Trophy, which they had retained again Friday in New Haven was being used to serve Tootsie Roll Pops. Some guy down at Yale asked Dave Pottetti after the race if he thought Harvard would do well in the Heps. Pottetti said he'd hate to sound arrogant, but then said that he considered "well" to be an understatement. That may be an accurate assessment, especially if Bob Seals and Roy Shaw, both of whom set a blistering pace early in Friday's race...
...real thrills of the trip to New Haven came at noon. The harriers finished their training meal and walked out onto the putting area at New Haven Motor Inn with golf clubs. Erik Roth, John Heyburn, Pottetti, and Seals engaged in a putting contest while Colburn, saving his energy, scored. The boys were really excited and put a whole hour into it. After the race, while Colburn's mother-airplane pilot walked around in her track flats, freshman coach Pappy Hunt was being thrown in the lake. Another day in the life of a Harvard cross country runner...
...education and that "neighborhood pressure [on Yale] will fall on financially deaf ears among my out-of-town alumni who are not in the habit of supporting New Haven...