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What the doctors did for Lyndon Baines Johnson in Bethesda Naval Hospital last week was essentially what they would have done for any patient who happened to have the same complaints. But because Johnson is President of the U.S., there was a sort of fail-safe setup -twice the average number of physicians and surgeons...
...three networks installed elaborate computer systems programmed to digest early returns and forecast winners at the earliest possible moment. At CBS, the setup was VPA (Vote Profile Analysis). NBC offered EVA (Electronic Vote Analysis); ABC produced RSVP (Research Selected Vote Profile). Like wire-service leg men still dedicated to the old-fashioned proposition that beat ing the opposition by a matter of minutes is a major victory, each network was determined to be first to call the winners. Fragmentary returns from key precincts were fed into the computers; comparisons were made with past voting patterns; projections of the uncounted votes...
Yehia added another goal late in the third period, after a neat setup in front of the goal by left wing Michel Jean-Baptiste...
...staging. Kaplan seems embarassed by his play and hides it underneath slick, intriguing extra baggage. A trio of dancers introduce the play and revive it every so often with some beautiful props--portable striped walls and peacock plume pens. Howard Cutler's set--a thatched Roman comedy setup--is thoroughly used by Kaplan. Unlike most Loeb sets it is reassuringly substantial and handsome...
Harvard's new 4-3-3 alignment is theoretically a strong defensive setup, but not if Munro can't find three fullbacks to execute the theory. Karl Lunkenheimer is still nursing a sprained ankle, ind his substitute, sophomore Hilary Worthen, can't run as a result of kicks he received in the Tufts contest...