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...midst of all this revelry, halfway through the third quarter, Crimson midfielder Harry LeRoy maneuvered his way through a clump of Tufts' stickmen, and fired a shot past the Jumbo goalie into the nets. Now in most games, according to most rules, that makes a goal. But, no whistle, no nothing--the referee didn...
...plenty to keep visitors busy. Among the attractions: a German roller coaster that makes sharp right-angle turns; a "Space Wirl" that features cars controlled by riders spinning wildly in several directions; an Italian sports-car race; and an "adults only" section that includes "Backstage U.S.A.," a LeRoy Prinz production in which oglers have the illusion of walking through a show girls' dressing room...
...those who believe that tests are long overdue," declared Adam Y. Elliott, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science. "We were tricked into the first policed discontinuation, and we have for it dearly...
...Someone called out. This way for girls who speak English.' 'Sure!' I told the man, 'my daughter speaks English. Don't you speak English, Sophia?' 'Sì, Mamma.' And we found ourselves in a room with lots of people and Mervyn LeRoy sitting in a chair. He said in English, 'Do you speak English?' And Sophia asked me in Italian what he was saying. They realized we were bluffing, but for our courage they gave us both jobs as extras in Quo Vadis...
Meanwhile the killing continued. Last week Colonel Jean Leroy's anti-S.A.O. commando unit was nearly wiped out in its hideaway villa at El Biar on the heights above Algiers. Leroy made the bureaucratic mistake of ordering typewriters from a supply house. When the crates arrived, they contained an unexpected item-a 20-lb. dynamite bomb which exploded ten minutes after arrival, reducing the villa to four shattered Moorish pillars and a pile of rubble. The blast reportedly killed 18 of Leroy's men and four S.A.O. prisoners in the cellar...