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...reason he has been singled out, he tells friends, is that he is seen as an aggressive, ambitious climber of the administrative ladder. Although over the past two years he has accumulated an astounding number of administrative feathers in his cap--including master of Adams House, associate dean of the Faculty for undergraduate education, chairman of the General Education Committee, and chairman of the Committee on Undergraduate Education--he feels his in seeking these posts have been misunderstood...
...exactly Olympic proportions (see MODERN LIVING). Already those first lonely streakers across dark and isolated campuses seem the fusty pioneers of a misty age. The streaking contagion has spread to every corner of the U.S., spilled across to Europe, gingerly moved out ward in both directions on the age ladder, infected a still minority but growing number of women. What began as a tentative titter at the edge of the national awareness has become one great, good-natured American guffaw...
...will still have to wage war with incumbent Davoren in November. But if he beats Davoren, the path could be cleared towards higher offices; the secretary of state before Davoren was Mayor White. DiCara says, "Anyone who doesn't believe that people in public life should move up the ladder are saying what they want is an aristocracy where a seat is passed on by a political club." He also freely admits he doesn't want to be secretary of state all his life, though insisting that he can only go so far: "Remember, I'm a five-feet-four...
...Crimson also swept to easy wins at the bottom of the ladder, Steve Mead winning 15-9, 15-10, 10-15, 15-9 at number-eight and Cass Sunstein taking three straight games, 15-8, 15-6, 15-5, at number-nine...
...Crimson line-up will be identical to the one used most of the season, except for the possible absence of virus-stricken Arch Gwathmey, the team's number-four player. If Gwathmey does not compete, everyone in the lower half of the ladder will move up one notch, and Cass Sunstein will play number nine...