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...clear that any break with the powerful NCAA, whether partial or complete, could not take place unless there was a tightly knit Ivy Group that could withstand a possible NCAA boycott...
...that the average Colgate man is a child of moderate luxury, biding the time between high school and a nepotistic vice-presidency in daddy's firm. Over 30% either work or receive financial aid. In addition to partial stipends, 24 Colgate War Memorial four-year scholarships are awarded annually. It is rather the atmosphere and direction of the courses that set the aims of Colgate's graduates...
Several shades tanner and half an inch slimmer in the waist than when he left Washington six weeks before, the President was "delighted" with his stay in Colorado and, according to his physician, "never felt better." But his vacation had been only a partial escape from the cares and chores of office. During the six weeks, he received 152 official visitors, signed 111 bills and 318 other state documents...
Actually, the U.S. now has a partial system of sales taxes through the excise taxes (up to 40% on tobacco and liquor), the emergency "luxury"' taxes of 20% on cosmetics, jewelry, luggage, theater admissions and furs, the 15% levy on travel, telephone calls and sporting goods, and 10% on autos, refrigerators and TV sets. One advantage of a general sales tax is that it would replace this crazy-quilt discriminatory structure with a uniform tax (except on tobacco, gasoline and liquor, which probably would be left...
...night of May 19th, he decides to forget about flying and see the Broadway musical, Rio Rita. But, by nightly custom, he checks on weather first. A surprise report: partial clearing over the Atlantic. He orders his plane readied for flight at dawn, and near midnight turns in for two hours' sleep, but only tosses and turns...