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They got up and plodded on. As fast as one hump was cleared, the next blocked the view. Both men were slowing down when suddenly it loomed into view-one last narrow snow ridge running up to a peak beyond which nothing was higher...
Racing Driver Bob Wilder, 32, gunned his English-built Oldsmobile-Allard out of the short curve, tires screeching, and sped on toward the little hump-backed bridge. Driver Wilder, a veteran of sport-car racing, knew what to expect at the crest of the bridge: a brief, soaring pitch with all four wheels off the ground, then a jolt as the car settled to the roadway again-then a strong foot on the gas for the next hill. But Driver Wilder never made the hill. His Allard smacked down askew on the roadway, veered, skidded up a bank and turned...
...Communist Party. Such advice if followed would surely vitiate the principle of permanent tenure. it could only increase the already alarming timidity of scholars to make known the fruits of their study, to teach and arrive at the truth as they find it, and to leaven the often smug hump of American complacency. It is insidious enough to deprive pedagogues unjustly of the nation's confidence; to annihilate them by destroying tenure, the foundation of academic freedom, is even worse...
...test concert with local amateurs. It was such a success that the music-loving citizenry decided to found an all-professional orchestra. They set a budget of $30,000 for the first season (1950-51); the bills mounted to $50,000. A large, timely gift helped them over that hump. Then a core of determined symphony enthusiasts set out to broaden the list of contributors...
...Registrars Office should not putter around, paternalistically trying to help students over the academic hump by spacing examinations with a yardstick. It should, however, and has tried conscientiously in the past, to eliminate the worst inconveniences from the schedule. Simple majority rule should be the standard: classes with the greatest number of students should have at least one day of breathing space between them. Such a change this year might irretrievably snafu the IBM machines. But in the future the bulk of the College should have to stumble from exam to exam without a break...