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Senior Master Edmar Mednis' How to Beat Bobby Fischer is a detailed anatomical study of an Achilles' heel. The Achilles is Fischer, the winningest chess master in history; of the 576 games he has played since he became U.S. champion at the incredible age of 14, he has won 327 and drawn 188. But even Fischer occasionally loses; in the past 16 years he has booted 61 games. To whom? At what age? Was he playing white or black? Did he blunder? Was he outgeneraled? Do any patterns of weakness appear? In the most intriguing chess manual...
Homans showed that a table of "crown to heel," or head to toe, fetal measurement that the pathologist had testified was to be found in a certain scientific paper could not in fact be found there. That paper did include a correlation of "crown to rump" fetal measurement with certain fetal ages...
Harvard's Ted Thorndike is expected to return to action tonight after two games' absence, and the rest of the Crimson lineup should be intact. Thorndike missed the second St.Louis game and the Boston College contest after teammate Jim Thomas hit him in the back of the heel during practice last Saturday...
...brooding among itself. The lines of people waiting with ration coupons for cigarettes or soap. The almost begging appeal of shopkeepers with nothing to sell, standing in open door ways watching you pass by. An old woman crouching by a park bench stuffing a toothless craw with a heel of bread, as if something might take it away before she could finish it. And very beautiful young women prostituting themselves for five U.S. dollars to make enough money to leave the country or feed a family, they said...
Defense is the potential Achilles heel for Harvard, as former captain Mark Noonan and All-Ivy Levy Byrd have graduated. Starters Steve Janicek and Eddie Rossi will anchor the defense, with Larry Piatelli and Todd Nieland having the edge for other two spots...