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...while. Leandro's parents (Mother Dora is a Swiss-born interior decorator) prefer to keep him in the Fuengirola elementary school (where his passion is arithmetic), and limit his concertizing to six weeks a year. The elder Aconchas think the boy needs that much exposure to obtain, says Roberto, "the psychological advantage of being used to an audience." Above all, they want to avoid exhibiting Leandro as a public curiosity. But, says Roberto, "he enjoys playing so much that he regards the concerts as a sort of holiday treat...
Levitt said yesterday he did not know how many students obtained the test materials, but added that once the information got out, more people probably sought to obtain the materials...
...basically agree with your editorial ("Big Step Nowhere," May 23) characterizing the University's numerical goals as being "unambitious." However, I am certain that you and your readers know that affirmative action programs involve more than numbers. In fact, before one can obtain numbers, it is absolutely necessary to deal with attitudes towards the people those numbers represent...
Iron Pellets. Rand then capitalized on the fact that tumors cut off from their blood supply die because they are unable to obtain nourishment or pass off wastes. To starve a tumor in one of his patients, Rand injected liquid silicone containing microscopic iron spheres into a blood vessel near the tumor. He waited until the material was carried through capillaries and into the tumor itself, then switched on his strategically placed magnet, which attracted the iron pellets and fixed them in the tumor. The spheres confined the viscous, quick-setting silicone, preventing it from entering the main bloodstream, where...
Clifford M. Lewis '76, who has been assigned to South House, said last night that the group will try to obtain a written promise from the Administration that guarantees students who apply for transfer to Harvard Houses priority over freshmen in next year's housing pool...