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...heated contests against Deer Island House of Correction the conditions almost outdid the Classics. In addition to having to listen to metal doors slamming behind them, the Classics' two basketballs wore out rapidly on the concrete gym floor. But they survived both the trauma and the wear and tear with 107-95 and 96-91 victories...
...pursuit of a political goal. Looking ahead to the 1972 election, he made sure that the income of farmers rose at the expense of other consumers and taxpayers, and now he is paying for it. Eager to corral as much of the farm vote as possible, he outdid any Plains State politician in pouring on subsidies and paying farmers to keep land out of production under the so-called set-aside program last year. Federal payments to farmers soared to $4.1 billion from $3.1 billion the year before, and food production dropped by more than 2%. Nixon's chosen...
...life-as it was last week at the W.C.C.'s Central Committee meeting in Utrecht-it is a much more orderly process, with the maneuvering smoothed over by ecumenical diplomacy. But in other respects the man who won the World Council's chief executive post last week outdid both of Wallace's fictional contenders. He is Philip Alford Potter, 51, a Methodist from the West Indian island of Dominica. By geography and persuasion he is a Third Worlder. He is also black...
Says Earle: "We had expected the stress group to do better, but after about a year it was reasonably apparent that we were wrong. The non-stressed outdid the stressed in everything. Their job knowledge was better, they were better marksmen, more adaptable, more responsible, got along better with other officers and their superiors and felt the public placed a higher value on their work. They even wore their uniforms better." A second group of 100 rookies was later similarly divided and trained, with the same results...
Rounding out the ladder is sophomore Glen Whitman. Although Whitman lost to Gwathmas in a challenge Wednesday, the top freshman prospect outdid Gordon. Quasha, and Wiegand, and everyone else to win the Montreal "B" tournament last weekend...