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...self-appraisal, Wheat hesitantly responds, "I'm not an expert on everything, but I'm able to understand most things once I get the information." The freshman Congressman from Missouri's Fifth District, which embraces most of Kansas City, is unduly modest. His colleagues laud him as bright and able. His sense of humor is self-deprecatory, but Wheat, 31, a member of the powerful Rules Committee, takes his job seriously. Says an aide to House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "He worries about things like industrial policy...
...doubles, however, Harvard's Warren Grossman and Laud were beaten by Yale's Glen Lagendecker and Bruce Herzog in a three-set thriller...
Junior Rob Laud came away with a victory in the "C" singles, outlasting John Sobel of Penn...
...laud the determination auto racers display at the Indy 500 [May 31]. I am a spectator who does not get pleasure from watching fiery wrecks or drivers die. It's the love of speed, the exhilaration, the sound and smell of the track that attract racing worshipers...
Others, however, contend the SAT is at least as curriculum-based--and laud the Achievement tests because hard-working students can bring up their scores through intensive work. "The question of personal responsibility" is still open argues L. Fred Jewett '57, dean of admissions and financial aid. And Christopher Jencks, a testing expert and Northwestern University professor, in a recent article on the SAT Achievement question, contends that "a good college admissions system should encourage diligence rather than sloth...