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...second place, a cumulative 11 days 14 hr. behind Jeantot, came South African S.J. ("Bertie") Reed, 39, sailing the 15-year-old, 49-ft. sloop Altech Voortrekker, which he pronounced the world's most uncomfortable boat of its size. Next, 65 hr. 35 min. later, came Czechoslovakia's Richard Konkolski, 39, who had refused to quit despite repeated damage to his 44-ft. sloop Nike...
...central problem in arriving at an answer is how to measure intelligence. Homo sapiens has a hard time devising IQ tests for its own species, much less trying to assess the brains of others. One trap: interpreting animal behavior in human terms. Notes Theodore Reed, former director of the National Zoo: "The public perception of animal intelligence abounds with anthropomorphic fantasies...
...Jones sees is the runaway federal deficit, which might range up to $200 billion in the coming fiscal year. High deficit spending could lead to heavier federal borrowing that would drive interest rates back up again. A few individual investors are also having second thoughts. Early last year, Stanley Reed, 33, a Brooklyn landlord, invested more than $5,000 in stocks. Reed had planned to borrow and plunge further into the market, but now he no longer wants to take the chance. He intends to wait instead for the market to fall and then transfer some additional savings into stocks...
While at Harvard, Short was most deeply involved in writing and photography at The Crimson. He served as photo chairman and supplement editor, and in 1970, he received the Dana Reed Prize for best undergraduate writing for a gripping personal account of the 1969 Weatherman riots in Chicago. [Excepts of the prize-winning article are printed below...
Following are excerpts from "The Weathermen're Shot. They're Bleeding. They're Running, They're Wiping Stuff Out," by John G. Short '70. The article, which appeared in The Crimson Nov. 12, 1969, won the Dana Reed Prize in 1970 for the best example of undergraduate writing that year. Short died Monday of cancer...