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...liquor, which can be purchased for 950 or so per drink. Savvy travelers choose their cruises wisely, considering the ship's size (big ones roll less but sometimes have many decks and too few elevators), the location of one's cabin (the smoothest ride is at midship), even the nationality of the chef. Ports of call are important only insofar as they proffer duty-free goodies; the real R. and R. is aboard ship, where a vacationer can be utterly free of quotidian pressures...
Navy is unbeaten thus far, but has been playing small colleges like Amherst and Williams. Coach Jack Barnaby is not looking for a repeat of last year's 9-0 Harvard victory, because of the Midship men's home-court advantage: "If Navy can beat us, they could...
...report on the Manila Pact, which he had kinescoped earlier in the day. As soon as the "Fasten Seat Belts-No Smoking" light winked out. Dulles changed into slacks, a comfortable sport shirt and a well-worn pair of slippers. Then he summoned his staff to the midship lounge, began preparation for the next day's conversations with Adenauer...
Lieutenant W. J. Salmon, who assumed duties as officer-in-charge of the midship men-officer group in middle September, has had over nine years active duty is the Navy. Salmon was graduated is 1938 from the Naval Academy and was first attached to the Battleship Pennsylvania (1) where he served until the summer...
...Seth Grey can't be with us at the Harvard Club blowout a week from next Monday. He's on a month's leave, Preparatory to re-entering as a Midship- man with the new class on June J. That's a tough reason for a vacation, as were the deals Fate handed out to Ken Seitz and George Webb...