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With two gone in the last inning, and the Crime sitting atop a 22-2 lead, Crimson rookie McDonald Wade coaxed Bok in a rundown. Meek D. Dake '73 led the procession of happy Crimeds as he crossed the plate for the final run just before Wade was caught sliding back to first...
...shortages appear (see ENVIRONMENT), and further price increases threaten, how many miles of travel a car gets out of a gallon is once again of concern to U.S. drivers. Moving nimbly to the aid of motorists, the Government's Environmental Protection Agency last week published a fuel-economy rundown on every 1973 auto, foreign or domestic, sold in the U.S. The results were painfully predictable: gas mileage drops with every pound of weight and power accessory. Says Eric Stork, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Mobile Source Air Pollution Control: "Far and away the easiest way of reducing fuel consumption...
Harvard fattened its lead to 5-0 in the second. The big blows in the inning were provided by Shlimbaum, who doubled and scored on an error; third baseman Rick Harris, who singled in two runs; and Phil Allen, who singled Harris to third and successfully eluded a rundown while Harris streaked home...
...Flags. What is most striking about the city is its anachronistic look. There is a charming seediness about it, like a rundown old woman who meticulously cleans and presses her one and only dress. The crowded old French trolleys, with their paint peeling, still rattle about with a cheerful Gallic sound. Motorcycle cops with their tan uniforms use 1920s BMW machines...
...began pursuing the elderly in all of their individuality five years ago, when her marriage was in ruins and she sought "someplace where a deep, ragged sigh would not sound unusual." She found it in a rundown hotel peopled by pensioners in an unnamed American city. She was both fascinated and appalled by the unfeeling, single-minded pursuit of sheer survival shown by Al and Harry, two panhandlers in their 70s with whom she trudged the streets. They spent their days, she writes with compassion, "scurrying around the city, like chiggers under the skin of civilization...