Word: marlin
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proposed service," according to John A. Marlin '62, who will be manager of the organization, "will be advertised specifically, and at present exclusively, for people who have contracted to use the H.S.A. Charter Flight service and need photos for their passports...
...Marlin emphasized that "in no case would the agency advertise outside H.S.A. channels." A previously proposed agency for portraiture, miscellaneous photography, and athletic shots ran up against criticism of "unfair competition" from merchants around the Square. It has been a stated HSA policy not to enter into competition with any local commercial enterprise...
Although it has been estimated that 300 customers would be needed for the agency to break even, Marlin commented that, "it could possibly expand if we don't antagonize anyone." Only one photographer, however, Guy W. Gunzberg '62, is currently affiliated with the agency...
Employees will work on a commission basis and must provide their own laboratories and equipment. "There is really almost no way at Harvard for a needy student photographer to earn money part-time," Marlin stated. "Some opportunity, even if only a small one, should be set up for them. At the same time, we will be doing a service to the Charter Flight members who requested...
Suddenly the blue-green Gulf Stream erupted with convulsive fury. Like a giant marlin in a cascade of brine, a grey, bottle-shaped monster leaped into the afternoon. For an instant it hung against the sky-silent, ominous, streaming foam. Then it came alive with unearthly racket. Its tail belched flame, and it climbed into its new element with incredible ease. Arcing high into the thin, cold reaches of space, the first ballistic missile ever to be fired from a submerged submarine swung surely toward the south and east. Polaris, named for the mariner's bright pole star, needed...