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From second-place Minnesota it's a long drop to the Boston Red Sox, but it needn't have been. Manager Mike Higgins has consistently mishandled his young team, and although the Red Sox have crucial weaknesses, they should be flirting with the first-Division teams rather than battling to stay ahead of ninth-place Kansas City...

Author: By Stephen C. Rogers, | Title: Baseball Season: One of the Greats | 8/9/1962 | See Source »

Stomach queasy? Dial a non-existent exchange and let New England Telephone soothe you. We recommend 492; you needn't bother with the next four numbers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Telefun | 3/27/1962 | See Source »

...cesium 137, and carbon 14, however, may remain aloft for months, and are therefore referred to as "delayed fallout." The Defense Department considers delayed fallout "less dangerous," even though "the long-term damaging effects of such exposure (to delayed fallout) are not yet known in great detail." So you needn't worry about that...

Author: By Michael S. Grurn, | Title: Fallout Can 'Be Fun | 1/29/1962 | See Source »

...makes for interesting (if effortless) reading: and that is what gets A's. Underline them, capitalize them, inset them in outline form: be sure we don't miss them. Why do you think all exams insist at the top, "Illustrate;" "Be Specific;" etc? They mean it. The illustrations needn't, of course, be singularly relevant; but they must be there. If Vague Generalities are anathema, sparkling chips of concrete scattered through your bluebook will have you up for sainthood. Or at least Dean's List. Name at least the titles of every other book Hume ever wrote...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Grader Replies | 1/26/1962 | See Source »

...costumes are most decorous, and the sound of a real orchestra, instead of those inevitable two pianos, is most welcome. Please (of course, I really needn't beg you) go see Iolanthe. It's obviously the most enjoyable show around...

Author: By Anthony Hiss, | Title: Iolanthe | 12/2/1961 | See Source »

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