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...Lion's success this year could be the performance of transfer student Francis N'Jie, who finds himself in the difficult position of trying to replace graduated All-American halfback Len Renery...
Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, 80, who is well remembered for his short-lived stint as Chief of State in Germany after Adolf Hitler's death, is not happy about his place in history. Interviewed in the German magazine Die Welt, the semi-deaf "Big Lion" of the Nazi war fleet talked about what he considers his real accomplishments: "I was able to prevent 1,850,000 German soldiers from falling into Russian hands. Historians even claim 3,000,000 were saved. My position would be different were I not considered the political successor of Hitler...
...crooked dealings in building and protecting its monopoly. Writes Parrish:"I thought of something Jim Brown had once said to me after a tough game. There are only a few hunters but everybody wants to eat the meat.' I had agreed, That's basic in nature. The lion makes the kill, hyenas in packs take whatever they can from the lion, and vultures pick the bones.' The same natural or der prevails in pro football." Parrish leaves no doubt that the hyenas and vultures in his eyes are some of the own ers, Commissioner Pete Rozelle...
Anyone who has read Irvin Faust's short stories and novels knows how this former high school guidance counselor tenderizes human defect and deficiency. Faust's best characters, the Puerto Rican janitor in Roar Lion Roar, the questing professor in The Steagle, the transistor-radio addict in Philco Baby, are consumed by a world of mass-produced trivia and popular mythology...
...talks about are not yet fully successful. No one knows whether the esprit that Hurst generated among the first students can carry over as the college expands. Still, he got a major vote of confidence last week when state and federal officials announced that Malcolm X would get the lion's share of nearly $1,000,000 in grants to Chicago-area colleges. A good many people seem to agree with the view of Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson. "The genius of Dr. Hurst," says Jackson, "is his ability to turn the urge for rebellion into a quest...