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...N.A.A. record of 850.67 yds. for flight of an arrow is impressive, as is the "freestyle" record of 937.13, done with a foot-held bow [Aug. 31]. The latter distance probably exceeds the best done by the Turks in the 15th and 16th centuries, but it must be remembered that all Turkish shooting was done with a hand-held bow. That the Turks were claiming distances approaching 1,000 yds. is, to the best of my knowledge, inaccurate. They measured their distances in a unit called guz, the exact value of which can only be approximated; my conclusion is that...
...only record "claimed" by the Turks, by appearing in their archives, is that of Toz Koparan, 1,2818½ guz, or about 868 yds. The new N.A.A. record falls only a little short of this...
CORPORATE GIFTS to higher education last year rose to $137 million from $110 million in 1956. Overall corporate donations to philanthropies hit record $550 million, up from $418 million...
From the Commerce Department came a report calculated to throw a chill into both steel labor and steel management. During July, steel imports-which were pushing toward new highs even before the strike began-soared to a monthly record of 430,000 tons. The new imports brought the seven-month intake to 2.3 million tons, almost the equivalent of the output of a steel mill the size of Republic's 9,500-man Cleveland plant; foreign steel mills in 1959 had already sold U.S. customers more steel than in any full year in history. Republic Steel's Chairman...
Today Sir Donald would have to take another reading. Baroque is a growing fashion, so popular that chamber music groups, armed with a baroque repertory, have popped up in towns from coast to coast, and record companies are cashing in on the boom. With hi-fi to bring out the delicate riches, the companies have issued no fewer than 173 baroque chamber works this year alone. Bach and Handel get their full share and there is also a growing list of lesser Italian composers and "forgotten geniuses" for the ordinary music lover to hear and enjoy...