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Captain Art Croasdale heads a group of field performers who may even outdo their running teammates. Croasdale is probably the league's best in the 35-lb. weight throw and may break the 60-ft. mark this winter. John Bakkensen demonstrated with a 53 ft., 11 in. practice throw last week, that he also plans to give the opposition a bit of trouble...
Though their numbers have gradually declined with the spread of merger-seeking corporations, firms that have stuck to private ownerships have proved that they can compete with and outdo the Goliaths by concentrating on specialty products. San Francisco's family-owned Levi Strauss & Co., the behemoth of blue jeans, has a new wrinkle-or, rather, an unwrinkle. It has just begun worldwide marketing of hot-selling "Sta-Prest" pants, which are treated with resin, then baked in 325° ovens until they have a permanent crease...
FLEMISH MASTERS-Duveen, 18 East 79th. No Rembrandts, but no letdown either, because in this show Rembrandt's countrymen outdo themselves: Portrait by Van Dyck, Nymph by Rubens, The Last Judgment by Hieronymus Bosch, The Madonna and Child with Angels by Hans Memling. Sundry other splendors. Through March...
Diver Dan Mahoney scored 72.42 points to outdo his two Dartmouth rivals...
While Britons borrow American ideas, many a U.S. campus aims to outdo its 2,000 competitors by copying Oxbridge. Case in point: California's little (2,551 students) University of the Pacific in Stockton...