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...Crimson's first meet of the spring, Marty Beckwith was second in the high jump with a leap of 5 ft., 9 1/2 in. Saturday, he cleared 6 ft., 4 in. for the second week in a row, to tie for second place--one inch behind John Thomas of B.U.--and clinch a berth on the Harvard-Yale squad that will face Oxford and Cambridge. With all this at stake, Beckwith made 6 ft., 2 in. on his third try, and then soared over 6 ft., 4 in. on his first attempt...
...Twelve. These canvas Lolitas have aroused much arch speculation, which Balthus turns aside by jokingly pointing out that he was born in a leap year, and that "having had only twelve birthdays, I may consider myself only twelve years old." Outwardly, this man of twelve is every inch the worldly aristocrat who can converse brilliantly, if somewhat distractedly, in French, Italian, German and English. He is the most painstaking of artists: he may require as many as 40 sittings for a portrait, turns out only about five new canvases a year...
Please Write. Though A.H.S. has showed a profit every year except 1933 (when it snowed a $26 loss), its big leap forward is the result of a master growth plan drawn up ten years ago by Chairman McGaw and President Thomas Murdough. Acquisition of 15 other companies has played a big part. Even more important has been the McGaw-inspired selling technique, which sends 450 A.H.S. salesmen, all experts in their products, swarming through the nation's hospitals dispensing technical know-how and money-saving suggestions. Says a competitor: "You just get surrounded by their tremendous manpower." A.H.S. bombards...
...system "calls for a year of very careful planning before we leap into the bricks-and-mortar stage," President Bunting cautioned. On June 29 and 30 the College will sponsor a conference of approximately 15 anthropologists, sociologists, industrial designers, and architects to discuss plans for the living units...
...field, the Crimson's depth was the decisive factor. The team swept all four spots in the broad jump; Marty Beckwith was first with a leap of 21 ft., 10 in. and Chuck Azikiwe was six inches behind him. Tom Blodgett and Alan Albright completed the Crimson sweep...