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Certainly it was conceived in a spirit of playfulness, by boys, who wished to liven up a slushy reading period and a pompous election. They planned it to be a circus from the start, and hence the silly picture in the Crimson, the "Hi" instead of serious qualifications, the nota bene, fans, tongue in check editorial, written by one of my heartiest supporters. And this group of people never intended me to "win" in any effective sense, some because they weren't interested in a political fight, others because they felt that radcliffe's independent status, independent Class Marshals...
...Maybe a little alcohol would liven them up," says Acting Dean of Students Esther Reifenberg...
...Delano Roosevelt Jr. borrowed .the biggest yacht in town-a 40-footer owned by New York Industrialist John Snyder-to throw a dockside luncheon. Junior later showed up at a cocktail buffet given by some Washington buddies who had, at $10 an hour, rented a donkey named Joey to liven things up. The President's Club, a collection of party faithful who have kicked in $1,000 or more to the campaign war chest, gave a beach clambake featuring 3,250 lobsters trucked down from Maine's Casco Bay the night before. While waiting in the food line...
...WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT introduces Tippy Walker and Merrie Spaeth as a pair of teen-age metrognomes who liven up New York in pursuit of Concert Pianist Peter Sellers, their favorite celebrity...
Sensible Change. President Abernethy has done what he could to liven up AMC autos by adding plush touches to the interiors of his cars, bringing out an optional V-8 engine for the Ambassador and Classic, and introducing a limited-production Typhoon sports car that is powered by a spirited, brand-new six-cylinder engine. But Abernethy's first real chance to reverse AMC's decline comes this fall with the introduction of the first models for which he is responsible. The big change: the Ambassador has been redesigned and enlarged to compete with the Big Three...