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...September, midsummer is the time for a series of shakedown races called the Observation Trials. As it happened, some of the most telling observations about this year's competition could be made right at dockside in Newport, R.I. Late into the night, Naval Architect Olin Stephens was seen tinkering with Valiant, his latest 12-meter design. Near by, Skipper-Designer Charlie Morgan Jr. was hard at work seeking to improve his golden-hulled Heritage. At another slip, the crew of Helmsman Bill Picker's Intrepid lounged on the sloop's deck, sporting green-and-white buttons that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Intrepid Indeed | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

...Observation races suggested that Picker and Intrepid are ready to sail off to one of the greatest upsets in America's Cup history. When the U.S. contenders hit the water this spring, Valiant was the heavy favorite simply because she was the latest creation of Olin Stephens, the 62-year-old designer of four of the last five cup champions. In fact, Stephens' winning design for the last America's Cup in 1967 was Intrepid. Now, radically revamped by 29-year-old Designer Britton Chance Jr., Stephens' own boat threatens to break the old master...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Intrepid Indeed | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

...look at the sleek new fleet of U.S. 12-meters. The differences are subtle, for under the restrictive and complex formula for the 12-meter class,breakthroughs are carefully measured in inches and ounces. The U.S. boats: VALIANT is the early favorite for the simple reason that her designer, Olin Stephens, has already created three 12-meter cup winners-Columbia in 1958, Constellation in 1964 and Intrepid in 1967. His latest design is a beamy, white-and-gold sloop that stretches 63 ft. in length. Broad in her forward sections and slim in the stern, she has been dubbed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Full Sail Ahead | 6/22/1970 | See Source »

Arthur B. Weissman, of Elizabeth, N. J. and Leverett House (English): Olin G. Wellborn, of Alvin, Tex., and Quincy House (English); Mahatma Kane Jeeves, of Lompoc, Minn., and Dunster House (Physics of the Fine Arts); Jeffrey W. Willbrand, of St. Charles. Mo., and Quincy House (History and Science); Marcus W. Wright, of Charlotte, N. C., and Quincy House (Mathematics): Wording Erik White, of Lawrence, Kans., and Lowell House (Biology); Robert L. Yarrish, of Cherry Hill, N. J. and Leverett House (Language and Literature); Aron Zysow, of Brookline and Dudley Houre (Classics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phi Beta Kappa Elections | 6/11/1970 | See Source »

...challenged and often bemused by what seems to be a paradoxical mixture of avarice and altruism in the corporate newcomers. The younger men, who have grown up in an era of affluence and clearly enjoyed the luxuries of suburbia, claim to reject traditional incentives. As Gordon Grand, president of Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp., says: "The days of the stick and carrot are gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Black Capitalism: THE GENERATION GAP IN THE CORPORATION | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

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