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...wore a carnation in his buttonhole and a high choker collar under his laboratory apron. He showed no great interest in food, drink or money, but he smoked 50 cigarettes a day. His small sense of humor was strictly professional. "His family still possesses [a human] thighbone .. . tied with ribbon and given as a Christmas present...
Last week, petitioned by the British, the International Court of Justice at The Hague handed down a ruling on this vexing issue. Britain argued that the proper way to measure four miles out is to follow the contours of the coast, bending the territorial limit like a ribbon shaped to the mainland's contour. Under that system, a goodly part of the waters fished by British trawlers would be open sea, free to all comers. The Norwegians argued for their own system, which measures the four-mile zone from lines drawn between the outermost land points and rocks along...
Christmas came to Harvard yesterday. Disguising himself as Santa Claus, Walter F. Cannon, a Social Sciences I section man, has returned all essays to his students with Yule trimmings. Even failing papers were handed back tightly rolled and bound with gaily colored ribbon. Lollypops and Christmas tags with the students' first names on them were also attached...
...last week, Farouk got into his red Rolls-Royce and, convoyed by nine red jeeps, ten red motorcycles and three red Cadillacs, sped off to open Parliament. It was the first royal address since Egypt abrogated its treaty with Britain. Solemnly, Farouk handed the ribbon-tied speech to aging Premier Nahas, who quavered through it for 40 minutes. Beyond acknowledging that abrogation was an "accomplished fact" and that Egypt would proceed accordingly, "without hesitation or delay," the government made no concessions to the fanatic nationalists. It did not reject the West's Middle East Command proposal. As Nahas read...
...same as the U.S. Olympic team, produced an added attraction: Mrs. Carol Durand, 33, the wife of a Kansas City insurance executive, and the first woman ever chosen as a U.S. Olympic team member. This week, against the world's best riders, Mrs. Durand got her third white ribbon (fourth place) in the International Jumping Stake...