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...truth to the old maxim that there is a direct correlation between musical virtuosity and mathematical wizardry, then retiring Time Inc. Group Vice President, Magazines, Arthur Keylor is a case in point. He came to this company 32 years ago as a young man with a horn (best schoolboy trumpet player in New England) and a Harvard Business School degree. He has been making beautiful music ever since his first days in the comptroller's department, where, he recalls, "I had little knowledge of accounting, but there I was closing the books...
...merely happy are setting themselves up for ridicule and a long fall. Minimal expectations are a hedge against disappointment. In fact, Greene's past has been dashing and colorful beyond the daydreams of most; without the ironic filter of his personality, Ways of Escape might read like a schoolboy romance...
...schoolboy lark. None of the Dalton gang, even its eighth-grade leader, was prosecuted. But computer specialists were not amused. Besides costing the firms thousands of dollars in computer time, the incident was one more irritating example of the vulnerability of systems an that can have price tags in the millions and store information of incalculable value. It was also a sign of the growing incidence of computer crime...
...McCarthy, the acrobat in the other cage, overshadowed Whiston. A freshman out of Hingham High who is used to busy nights (he stopped 50 shots against Matignon in the Eastern Mass. schoolboy tournament last March), McCarthy singlehandedly prevented what would have been Harvard's third consecutive win with textbook goaltending under pressure...
...quiet young man from Wrightsville, Ga. (pop. 2,106), Walker was the most sought-after schoolboy player in the country last year. The 6-ft. 2-in., 220-lb. running back rushed for 6,137 yds. in high school and set national records by scoring 85 touchdowns, 45 of them during his senior year. He was also state champion in the shotput (54 ft.) and the 100-yd. dash (9.5 sec.). Son of a chalk-mine foreman, Walker graduated with honors...