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...contest, a Harvard oarsman caught a massive crab in the first ten strokes of the race, leaving the Crimson a length behind with the race hardly begun. The Tigers staved off a furious Crimson charge at the finish and held on to win by the narrowest of margins, a scant .2 seconds...
...traditions and rummage through the holdings of Harvard Uni- versity and come up with a concise sampling of memorabilia would be cause for head scratching under nearly any circumstances. Yet "Introducing Harvard University" an exhibit opening this week in Tokyo's Isetan department store, will try-through a scant 1741tems-to portray one of the nation's oldest and most respected institutions to the Japanese...
Brown is also a crew that no one is really sure about. The Bruins, after a close win over Boston University in which the Bruins edged past the BU Terriers by a scant one second, will have a patched-up lineup because of injuries and illnesses...
...Scant Interest. Not surprisingly, investors round the country have shown scant interest in the new cut-rate packages, which the houses have made little effort to promote. One small shareholder, Ditria Ilario of Manhattan, notes sourly: "You can make more money by putting your cash in the bank." Brokers are equally unmoved. Says Harvey Bettis, chief of Harris, Upham & Co.'s Chicago operation: "There's a possibility that we will just leave the damn thing alone...
...limited run on Broadway before going to Boston, Detroit, Denver and Los Angeles, has something of both the fascination and the mustiness of the history in it. It is a one-man show, a long reminiscence over Darrow's career. Fonda ranges across Darrow's life-his scant formal learning (one year of law school), his increasing involvement in dangerously unpopular cases, like that of the Wobbly Big Bill Haywood, and, of course, the Scopes trial...