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...Grant reversed Don Kmieczak in the last 30 seconds to win 6 to 5 at 177. Bill Malugen won his first Harvard varsity match by default against Bob Maddox at 191. Malugen, after a second-period escape, drove for Maddox's leg and the two men rolled off the mat, Maddox struck his elbow on the hardwood of the basketball floor and was unable to continue...
Pets, by definition, are for petting, but sometimes even the most ardent member of the A.S.P.C.A. must feel like blowing the whistle. Where once the North American dog had to beg for his supper and sleep outdoors on the welcome mat, now he is stuffed with Gaines Burgers, sprayed with Kennel No. 5, given the softest living-room sofa, and dolled up in costumes that should make Lassie hide her tail between her legs...
Students are also dissatisfied with the one-year Master of Arts in Teaching program. Terry Van Brunt, another of the students involved in the reform movement, said that a great number of MAT graduates leave teaching after a single year. "Harvard's not training teachers" he said," who are equipped with the experience and know-how to cope with the conditions they face in the schools...
...Gene Littler needed only a par five on the 535-yd. 18th to tie Art Wall for the title; he hooked his second shot into the water, wound up with a double-bogey seven. Of course, there have been days when the 18th played easier; a San Franciscan named Mat Palacio once hit a drive in the general direction of China and muttered, "Only God can save that one." Whereupon the waves rolled back and the ball caromed off a convenient rock straight onto the fairway. "Thank you, God," sighed Palacio...
...pebble makes ripples in a pond. And for earnest moviegoers, Ozu's refined camera technique is a revelation in itself, for he avoids the customary fades and dissolves, shoots every scene from a few feet above the floor, the approximate viewpoint of a neighbor kneeling on a tatami mat. It is an amiable posture, altogether appropriate for one of the world's most contemplative film poets...