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...buried under the blizzard of 35 billion checks that rain down on them annually, and economists trying to project the growth of the nation's $2 trillion economy might as well use Ouija boards. In the airline industry, computers make it possible to reserve a seat on a jumbo jet, pay for it by credit card, and enable the plane itself to fly. In many industries, computers design the products the companies sell. Automakers, for example, use computers to view a prospective new car from any angle; then the computers analyze the market to see if the design will...
...race Harvard had to win and Tufts had to finish last for Harvard to move into an overall tie in the meet, Mary Howard brought the baton home in a record time of 4:11.9, but a superior Tufts relay team easily outdistanced the Terriers to insure the Jumbo victory...
...managed to beat their varsity opponents in 11 of the 15 events, but had to wait until the last man of the final relay touched home before they could claim victory. A Tufts swimmer who had started early was disqualified to void what would have been a one-point Jumbo victory...
...million people. In Seattle, Boeing, the world's largest maker of commercial airliners, now has 53,000 workers on its payroll. That figure is well below the record 101,000 it employed in 1968, even though Boeing has a $5 billion order backlog for its 747 jumbo jets, 727 midrange airliners and the radar/computer systems for the Air Force's new AW ACS (for Airborne Warning and Control System) surveillance aircraft and cruise missiles...
Tufts was getting its chaces too, using speedy wings to break through the Crimson back line. A foul on Jumbo right wing Troxell set up Tuft's second goal. Blood could not handle the free kick and Wade poked in the loose ball...