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...legend of Alexander's prolonged life captured the imagination of many obscure historians-and even that of Novelist Leo Tolstoy. In 1905, shortly before his death, Tolstoy began a fictional account titled Posthumous Notes on Fyodor Kuzmich. Another investigator has had better luck with the Soviet regime of Brezhnev and Kosygin. Writing in Izvestia's Sunday magazine last week, Journalist Lev Lyubimov revealed that the Russian government is pondering a plan to resolve the Alexandrian mystery once and for all. Lyubimov would like to open both Kuzmich's tomb in Tomsk and Alexander's in Leningrad...
Picasso & Pop. The museum was a triumph of individualistic donations. Its pavilions were named for their donors, the late realtor Leo S. Bing, Bankers Bart Lytton and Howard Ahmanson, who laid out a total of $3,675,000. Industrialist Norton Simon gave a $250,000 wad as well as a loan of $15 million in art treasures. From the movie colony (Billy Wilder, Bob Hope and Burt Lancaster) came a flood of art from Picasso to pop. Capping it all was Simon's loan of the $2,234,400 Titus by Rembrandt. To keep the floodgates open, the trustees...
McCluskey wound up the half with just two completions in seven passing attempts. Humphrey was five-for-11 for Yale. Leo with just 27 yards was the half's leading ground gainer...
...then suddenly, Harvard's offense began to resemble to pre-season press notices. Tom Choquette and Leo got Harvard first down; three plays later the Crimson was confronted with a third and ten situation. Leo took a pitchout from McCluskey and with the ad of a fine block by Choquette rambled 25 yards to Elis...
Grant charged to the 10 and it was goal to go. On third down, McCluskey pitched to Leo who went into the end zone standing up. The kick made...