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...judge by his day-to-day life, Larkin is a contemporary Dr. Dryasdust. Since winning a first in English at Oxford, he has passed his entire adult life tending libraries; he is now head librarian at the University of Hull. At 42, Bachelor Larkin looks the part, and likes to look it: "Nothing embarrasses me more than to be typed as a poet. My friends are very tactful. They've decided that I'm kind of the next best thing to a poet you can get in welfare-state Britain, where everything is brown and without passion...
...Collapsible hydrofoils, adapted to small boats for the first time. Sold by American Supramar, they can be attached to inboard or outboard craft, increase speed by as much as 15 m.p.h., eliminate all but 6% of hull drag on a 15-ft. craft. Cost averages under $400, including installation (for a boat up to 24 ft. long...
...boats. Modified from a Renault automobile engine, the transom-mounted motor is as easy to install and operate as an outboard but leaves more room than an inboard, facilitates land transportation (because unlike straight inboards only the easily liftable outboard section hangs below the hull...
Come to Play. A prodigy from the backwoods of Ontario, Hull signed his first pro contract at 14 (for a bonus so small that "I'm ashamed to mention it now"), cracked the big leagues in 1957 at 18. Since then, he has led the N.H.L. three times in goal scoring, twice in total points (goals and assists). The marks of his trade show on his face; it is crosshatched with scars, and his two front teeth are gone. But Hull has missed only eight games in his career because of injury. He scored eight goals...
...Bobby just loves to play this game," says Black Hawks Coach Billy Reay. "He can't get enough of it." Last week against Boston, Hull was on ice a full 35 min.-playing left wing on one Black Hawks line, filling in for an injured teammate at right wing on another line, substituting on power plays when Boston had a man in the penalty box, serving on the Hawks' own special penalty-killing squad. Said Bobby afterward: "I could have gone some more...