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Whatever the outcome of the Brown game, the Yardlings will probably be remembered as the squad that played for over 400 minutes, against six other teams, before being scored upon. Andover's goal was something of a freak, at that. In a mix-up in front of the Crimson nets, a Harvard fullback accidentally kicked the ball away from his own goalie, and right to a waiting Andover player...
Vesper almost did not get into the trials at all, thanks to a mix-up in the mails. Their registration arrived after the deadline: only a last-minute decision by the U.S. Olympic Committee allowed them to compete. Seeded fourth, be hind California, Harvard and Washing ton, Vesper did not figure to offer much competition to the younger col lege crews. Their average age was 26, and only the presence of two under graduate ringers from La Salle College kept it that low. The part-time coach, Allan Rosenberg, is a Philadelphia law yer. The coxswain, Robert Zimonyi...
During World War II, Whipple developed the confusion reflectors or windows used by American planes to mix-up enemy radar statioins. Earlier, he had won the Donohue medal for independently discovering six comets...
Cards to Chicken. Today, as Mrs. Post prophesied, the mix-up is on in high gear. There is still a society where the placement of finger bowls is of some concern, but the more people who can afford-or choose to afford-finger bowls, the less important an issue their exact placement becomes. Though manners themselves are still an issue, they are a different set of manners for an increasingly classless society. Where once it mattered how to present a visiting card, now the question is how a guest in evening dress should handle barbecued chicken. Though contemporary society neither...