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...called "a medical examination and a stay in a rest home." Mysteriously ill for the past two years, he has been protected from the press by his permanently left-leaning wife Eslanda, who even fended off a persistent reporter who flew with them to Germany by threatening him with judo. Finally, from East Germany came a statement attributed to Robeson calling talk of recantation "completely absurd. The fact is that I have gratefully accepted the heartfelt invitation of the German Peace Council to visit." The phrasing sounded suspiciously Eslandic...
Almost any sport is exciting if understood from the sportsman's point of view. Wide World has proved this with programs on dogsled races, judo and Australian-rules football. The show's interests are only partly eccentric, however; most of its attention goes to the American standards-football, basketball, baseball, track, swimming, and so on. It uses blimps and helicopters to film events like auto races-blimps to show the overall field and helicopters to swoop down and give an idea of the speed of the cars. It uses Aqua-Lungs to get under competitive swimmers and shoot...
...voluntary activities of the unit provide a welcome means of self-expression and initiative apart from the regimented parts of the program. The unit has its own rifle, judo, drill (for those who actually like marching), and volleyball teams. The cadet newspaper Hot Air often serves as a sounding board for such theses as "Patriotism seems to be inversely proportional to the amount of one's liberal education...
Until this morning, we were proud that you started Radcliffe's judo program. We were flattered that you wanted to protect us--even from yourselves. And we were delighted that you cared about our gym department. In fact, Harvard, your help would have entitled you to about three Eagle Scout badges (had Tocsin not destroyed the scouting movement because it was awarding riflery badges...
...haven't started a judo class at Wellesley...