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...Leap. Although U.S. scientists may not visit Red China, Canadian scientists can and do. Professor J. Tuzo Wilson of the University of Toronto said that when he went to China in 1958 as president of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, he found Chinese science in a thriving state. The Communist regime is pouring money and effort into its scientific "leap ahead," and the participants are fired by nationalistic fervor, even though many of them may not like Communism as such. A sad contrast, said Wilson, is the low morale among scientists on Formosa, where the Chinese Nationalist government...
...best friend is a semicircle drawn on the floor at a distance of 20 ft. from the goal. An attacker is not allowed to touch this line or the goal zone it bounds. But this fact bothers the literal-minded Europeans not a whit: they simply take a running leap over the line and get off their shots while flying through the air at the goalie. A good shotmaker, usually a trained gymnast, can be 6 ft. across the line when he finally shoots, and so long as he is still in the air, the shot is legal. Goalies...
Freshman soccer captain Chris O'Hiri led the Yardlings to a 92-17 triumph. Before incurring a slight muscle pull, O'Hiri established Freshman indoor and Harvard Freshman Cage marks with a 22 ft., 6 3/4 in., leap in the broad jump. His 4.6 in. the 40-yard dash was one-tenth of a second off the Freshman indoor record...
...Ashby Commission proposed a plan which it called "LEAP"--Loan-Educational Aid Program. Under the plan, the Nigerian government would send natives to colleges in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth countries, and the United States, and at the same time would import British and American teachers to supply existing needs...
...hole created by Elizalde's loss has ably filled by John Pringle, an standing student who decided to varsity his first year. His times in school were excellent, and his leap varsity competition should entail difficulty. In this sense, he assembles manna from heaven, and will butterfly and individual medley...