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Next Saturday the Crimson faces Yale in what will be largely an exhibition meet for the Yalies. One ominous portent was Yale's 72-22 victory over Princeton, a team that beat Harvard 65-30 the previous week...
Saturday's game will not count in the official season standings, so the loss was not serious. One portent of things to come, however, is that Brown beat St. Nicholas a week ago by a 4-2 score. To be consid- ered a contender for the Ivy League title, the Crimson will have to come up with a much more potent offense...
...opening violin cadenza examines every element of the music that follows, preparing the way for a series of studies and variations on the tone-row. The orchestra is enriched by seven percussionists, and the drums, together with unique orchestral colors, create an Aztec mood of sadness, excitement and portent...
...Brenninkmeyers bought an interest of roughly 47% in the chain last year, have an agreement to buy the remaining shares from Founder and Chairman Nathan Ohrbach when he decides to retire; Ohr-bach is vigorous and determined to stay on, but he is also 77. Fortnight ago, in a portent of things to come, Elmar Brenninkmeyer, 39, took over as president of the U.S. chain, replacing Nathan Ohrbach's son Jerome, whose big stock holdings in other companies (Polaroid, American Hardware) seem to interest him more than retailing...
After twelve years of arduous research and writing, James completed The Principles of Psychology in 1890. The work was at once a grand summation of previous developments and and a portent of the paths psychology would take in the twentieth century. Glimmerings of every major psychological movement of the last 70 years appear in the book. Moreover, a direct line of influence is traceable in many instances...