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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Wilde has had no previous experience but has been a jack-of-all trades as as oarsmen. In his sophomore year he rowed on the next-to-last of Haines' thirty-one crews and also won the University 150-1b. single sculls championship. Switching to Weld Boat House in 1952, Wilde concentrated solely on single sculling and monopolized the University championships for the following two years...
...first caller is always portly, poised General Chang Chun, secretary-general of his 240-man secretariat, and a friend of 50 years. The previous secretary, Wang Shih-chieh, was fired by the Generalissimo in a fit of temper two years ago-some say for saying no too sharply and too often, some say because the Generalissimo thought he was hiding things from him. Chang avoids this accusation by passing along any problem that might conceivably interest his unpredictable boss...
...Among previous winners: Peter Mennin, Harold Shapero, Ulysses...
...Chrysler all reported record-smashing new-car sales. G.M.'s first-quarter sales of 893,978 cars (46.8% above the same period last year) were the best for any three-month period in its history. By selling 44,115 cars, Chrysler Corp.'s Chrysler Division cracked all previous first-quarter marks and was an amazing 70.1% ahead of a year ago. Ford announced that first-quarter sales of its dealers totaled 1,017,773 cars and trucks, both new and used, an alltime high and 21% above the same quarter last year. The previously hard-pressed independents joined...
...capacity to learn, we want to follow them with the developed ability tests in the fall of the next year to see how people have used the intelligence they have," Fells explained. "Under this plan, admission to college would be based on these two tests and the applicant's previous record...