Word: pound
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...government, Britons last week spent their last farthing. When it was first minted back in 1279, a farthing could buy a whole chicken or a pound of beef. Its name dates even earlier, to the days when pennies were marked with a cross so that shoppers could divide them into fourths-or farthings. But its buying power has steadily dwindled, and by 1900 the farthing was already a children's coin -good only for a single sourball or a few winkles (non-U shellfish) at the seaside...
Meanwhile, in the weight events, Crimson performers were doing some recordbreaking of their own. In the 35-pound weight toss Ted Bailey set a new University record in an early throw. Stan Doten followed with a toss of his own that toppled Bailey's short-lived mark that had, in turn, erased Doten's distance reached last season. The new record stands at 62 ft., 10 3/4 in. and is expected to go higher as the season progresses...
Ends: Dan La Rose, 21, Missouri; 6 ft. 4 in., 221 Ibs. Mike Ditka, 21, Pittsburgh; 6 ft. 3 in., 218 Ibs. Excerpt from a scout's report on Ditka: "Pound for pound, as fine a college player as there is in the U.S." On LaRose: "Great man at rushing the passer and blocking kicks." In addition, the scouts rate Indiana's solid (6 ft. 5 in., 240 Ibs.) Earl Faison as a promising defensive end ("Just an animal charging in there"), and, because of his pass-catching skills, the pros are thinking of making an offensive...
...barbarian is not necessarily known by his bearskin, his ax or his H-bomb nor does he always pound on his desk in a parliament of nations. He may be as urbane as the 18th century philosophers who prepared the way for the guillotine and the tumbrels. Or, in one man's words: He may wear a Brooks Brothers suit and carry a ballpoint pen ... In fact, even beneath the academic gown there may lurk a child of the wilderness, untutored in the high tradition of civility, who goes busily and happily about his work a domesticated...
...pound division, Crimson sophomore Paul Schnitz made up for his humiliating defeat at M.I.T. by pinning his opponent after only 1:13 of the first period. John Gibson, the only varsity wrestler to be pinned last week, also came back with a smashing victory in the 157 pound class...