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...Virtue Still Rewarded, Sinclair proves his old admirers at least halfway wrong. In this happily Buddless parody of Richardson's famous classic written in 18th Century idiom, Sinclair shows that though he may no longer be capable of striking Oil! he still has craft and subtlety enough to rig a strong derrick and drill some telling holes in the seamier sides of U.S. life. Not that his plumbings achieve any new level, for in Another Pamela, as "in almost everything he has written, Sinclair sticks close to his favorite theme: the way of life of the wealthy...
Most active ham in college today is Jim Hirschman '52 of Adams House. Hirschman has managed to rig a 33-foot antenna outside his fifth floor bedroom window, and he keeps in constant contact with friends back in Indianapolis. John Ashton '51 and Bob Treadwell '51 operate out of Leverett F-41, while Dave Hagen '50 transmits from Dunster House...
...rolls were still in good condition; the problem was how to re-record them. Columbia was eager to try and, with the help of a Welte engineer, managed to rig up the huge original Rube Goldbergian player so the rolls could be played back. Simonton and a French engineer recorded the music on tape...
...Knox hook and ladder rig, the noble warrior of the department, was bought from a Boston fire station and rushed to the Harvard division to become the workhorse of the University force. The Knox, featuring solid rubber tires and a built-in water pump, was by far the finest engine Harvard had ever owned...
McCarthy refused to quit. He rented another rig, drilled again in the Conroe field. A platform collapsed and he burned the skin off his hands sliding to safety; he stood off a sheriff bent on reclaiming his equipment. He finally "made a well." He got a little oil with another hole in the same field. Then he hit it big in Chambers County and one day the Humble Oil Co. sent him a check for $700,000. He was 26. McCarthy ordered his Houston mansion built, bought his big diamond and went on plunging...