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George Oommen, special assistant to the president of the University, designed the 440-yd. rubber surfaced track to increase speed as well as to reduce the chance of injury from fatigue...

Author: By Lawrence J. Davis, | Title: Outdoor Track Returns to Harvard | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...being poured in the galley, the French contingent's well-meaning but far-from-fluent American stewardess announced that "champignon " would soon be served. Her passengers whooped with ungallant laughter. In Gaylesburg, Ill., to tour Secretary of Agriculture John Block's 3,000-acre farm, Mitterrand donned rubber boots, a farmer's cap and a sky-blue jacket with MR. PRESIDENT stitched over the heart. He and Block disagreed about American exports undercutting European Community farmers, but Mitterrand lightened the mood by driving a tractor and cuddling a piglet with black-and-white markings. Said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: J'Aime le Peuple Americain: Francois Mitterand | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

...tempt him with the upscale life. But every paternal gesture meets with failure or misunderstanding. His sex lecture about contraception, for example, leaves Simons with the impression that the body part in question "is some kind of electric eel or polyp stinger you have to insulate with rubber...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Five Auspicious, Artful and Amusing Debuts | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

...invested $38 million to modernize an outdated dishwasher factory. Central computer panels, sometimes monitored by just one person, check the full range of production and part supplies. The manufacturing process is carried out with a precision that cuts down on waste of materials like sheet steel, plastic and rubber hose. Controls can be quickly reprogrammed to make any of 15 dishwasher models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Manufacturing Is in Flower | 3/26/1984 | See Source »

...drive to obtain the ball began several months ago when approximately 10 Winthrop House students realized they could obtain the ball by collecting a certain number of Hood popsicle wrappers, said Vincent Y. Ho '84 of Winthrop House. According to an advertisement on the wrapper they could obtain a rubber with added control and playability" for only 3,475 wrappers or $9.95 and five wraps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Collect 1400 Wrappers In Attempt to Win Soccer Ball | 3/8/1984 | See Source »

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