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...inspiration for the prank came to Getzler on Saturday, after poor winds postponed the final race...
Australian Bill McCallum was "delighted" to see the flag wave from the Math Department offices, adding that he thought the prank was "lots...
...youngsters' prank was feasible because most of the penetrated computers had been linked by GTE Telenet Inc., which provides access to computer systems in 325 U.S. cities and 50 nations. Ron Zeitz, Telenet's public affairs director, said that gifted amateurs do occasionally get into unclassified data banks, but that classified military data are virtually impossible to intercept. WarGames, said Zeitz, is "a delightful movie, but it just couldn't happen that...
...great rivalries, more legends surround The Game than Evelyn Wood could read in a lifetime. Last year's contest will enter the history book for two reasons. Harvard's 45-7 romp set a school record for points scored against Yale. And a Massachusetts Institute of Technology fraternity prank--in which a hydraulically-powered-balloon bearing the Tech's initials popped out of turf in the middle of the game--set an MIT record for most points scored against Harvard. This year's classic will be special as the 100th playing of The Game...
...accusation, however, has not been accepted by experts. J.S. Weiner, who first uncovered the hoax and then the hoaxer, dismissed Gould's account as worthless. British Scholar Kenneth Oakley, who originally supported Gould's contention that Teilhard faked the Piltdown fossil as part of a youthful prank, later changed his mind. After being shown evidence that contradicted Gould, Oakley declared that the basis of Gould's charge against Teilhard "has now been proved to be completely untrue...