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...conditions of absolute secrecy, Gillette scientists perfected a shaving technique known as "hystersis"--a two-blade system in which the first razor gave the beard a rough cut and then cunningly pulled it away from the face. . . where a second blade (placed exactly 60 one-thousandths of an inch behind the first) could snip it close to the skin before it had a chance to fall back in place. The result: the world's closest shave. They called the razor TRAC...
...eight-by-six inch music box sells for $34.95 plus shipping and handling, if ordered through an advertisement run monthly in Harvard Magazine. But yesterday the box went on sale for the same price at eight stores in Harvard Square, including the Harvard Coop, Leavitt and Pierce, "and--of course--Out of Town News," said Cohen...
...pair of autographed basketball sneakers from Celtic star M.L. Carr couldn't have been a better present for a five-foot two-inch former Brookline High basketball player...
...first punt of the day, Princeton's Rob DiGiacomo's boot was downed on the one-inch line, and Harvard took over an envelope-width away from its own endzone. The circus was in town...
...Achille Lauro as it wandered across the eastern Mediterranean, headed toward the Syrian port of Tartus. The U.S. immediately established contact with the other governments principally involved: Italy, Egypt, Israel. To each, Washington gave the same message: American policy toward terrorism, as always, was not to give an inch. At most, the U.S. would sanction what it called "discussions" with the terrorists on the safety of the hostages. Washington urged the other governments not to yield. The U.S. pleaded with all Mediterranean nations not to permit the Achille Lauro to dock at their ports...