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...except for one tradition-orchestrated near upset of B.U. in the opening round of the Beanpot, the realities came, cold, consistent, and impossible to overlook. They came in setbacks to perennial triumph material like Northeastern (twice), St. Lawrence and Yale (twice), in an 11-3 Son-of-Sam job to Cornell, and in several ambiguous one-goal encounters...
...gross national product.* What does one do with all these things? With no war going on, it has increased its standing army in three years from 3 million to 4 million men. What does one do that for? And as we have often noted, many people often overlook the continual development of the armed forces of the Soviet Union and its stockpiling of conventional weaponry, including ammunition, as well as the stockpiling of food grains. If one has so many things in one's hands, the day will come when one's fingers begin to itch...
...later artists, from Leonardo and Albrecht Dürer through John James Audubon, captured not merely the physical appearance but the very essence of the creatures that interested them. The work of all these artists is handsomely presented in S. Peter Dance's The Art of Natural History (Overlook Press; unpaginated; $49.50), a handsome, oversized volume that does as much justice to painters and sculptors as it does to their subjects. Naturalists who can afford it will find this book an invaluable reference. Others may want to take a scissors to it; many of the pictures are so lively...
Time managed to overlook one USDA study conducted by economist Frank R. Baily. He comments that "we are so conditioned to equate bigness with efficiency that nearly everyone assumes that large-scale undertakings are inherently more efficient." But after a survey of farms in different regions of the country, he concluded that most economies of scale "are achieved by the one-man fully mechanized farm. While the most efficient farm size has increased in the last decade, due mainly to tractor improvements, this 1973 report found that most farmers need a much smaller acreage and capital investment than Pat Benedict...
...worst error students often make on their resumes, is over-emphasizing academic achievements, instead of focusing on job skills more immediately sought by employers, he said. Pomeroy also advised students not to be too selective in accepting possible jobs, and not to overlook "humble" jobs...