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Cornell fullback Ed Marinaro outdid all his Ivy colleagues by earning a spot on the All-American second team. Marinaro was officially named the nation's leading rusher, becoming the first Ivy runner ever to earn the title. Princeton's Hank Bjorklund was third...
...Burns last week asked the 345 state party committeemen: "Why have chaos when you can have order?" The question was rhetorical: New York Democrats regard chaos as their birthright. Even so, as they gathered to designate the regular party ticket for Governor, U.S. Senator and other statewide offices, they outdid themselves...
...foil, Cliff Ruderman and Art Weissman each won two bouts. But sophomore Phil Castle outdid more experienced Crimson foilers, winning three bouts, and earned himself a starting berth against the Quakers Saturday. "His performance was very encouraging." Marion said...
Last week the Iraqis outdid themselves. Sixteen people were executed by firing squad or gallows for plotting against the Baathist junta of President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, which seized power in 1968. "All conspirators will be crushed to pulp," cried Al-Bakr. Baghdad radio punctuated its attacks on "reactionaries and deviationists" with a new musical number titled No Mercy Any More. In subsequent days, 21 more alleged plotters were executed, in addition to seven Iraqis accused of helping the CIA plot a coup last year. So far, 98 people have been done away with since the beginning...
Antiphonal Chorus. The Nixons have always been big senders of Christmas cards; this year they outdid every other presidential couple in memory by mailing out 37,000 red-bordered cards with the White House south façade embossed on the covers...