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Louis Bailey didn't even have time to step off the court before he and Haven Pell, a Harvard junior, faced off in doubles against the Princeton recquetmen. A wild rebound hit Pell in the eye early in the first game, but Bailey was able to lead nearly singlehandedly and crush Princeton, 41-29, under a new scoring system introduced halfway through the match...
...limited appeal of the game, Pell explained yesterday, is primarily due to the rarity of courts in the U.S. Court tennis originated in French monasteries in the 11th century and was first played in an open courtyard. As a result, the court, now moved indoors, still contains a clutter of galleries, penthouses, doors, and windows all important to the scoring of the game...
...Golden Bridge. Rhode Island's Claiborne Pell was dubious about the wisdom of bombing the North, wanted to know "where in history do we find other examples of where bombing has made people more willing to come to the negotiating table?" Nowhere, said Taylor. "We have never had a situation like this," he observed. "You recall in World War II it was fight to the end or be destroyed, and many people preferred to be destroyed rather than to accept unconditional surrender. Here we are not doing that at all. We are constantly pointing out the better life that...
...always cool, correct and attentive. Recalls the New York Times's Charlotte Curtis: "He would arrange his people around the room as if he were a woman preparing for a ball. He would put Mrs. William Paley on one banquette like a huge bouquet of flowers, Mrs. John Pell on another side, and perhaps Elizabeth Arden in still a third corner...
Golden Eggs. Every boom brings its dislocation, and Spain's pell-mell rush to industrialize is no exception. The flood of workers to the cities has sharply cut farm production, forcing Spain to import food. Government spending to feed the development plan has brought a new round of inflation at home, and a horrendous $2 billion trade deficit abroad-too much even for tourist dollars to make up for. Many economists fear that Spain is trying to do too much too quickly. "Our economy is the goose that lays the golden egg," warns Ullastres...