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...Sergeevich Khrushchev may be dismissed as a mere transitional figure. But in Russia's painful move from a malevolent monolith to a more responsible member of world society, he was essential. His Cold War contemporaries described him variously as a Red Hitler and a Jolly St. Nik, a shoe banger and a shrewd geo-politician. Before his ouster in 1964 by less colorful but more pragmatic men, Khrushchev had justified at least some of those descriptions: he denounced Stalin and initiated the cultural thaw in Soviet life; he built the Berlin Wall and wisely backed down from the Cuban...
...went to Harvard in the old white shoe days. Yet he bridged the gap between the old and the new Harvard," Beer said. "He adapted beautifully, and was a leader in adaptation...
...annual dividend from 60? to 80? a share to help fend off a tender offer by Honolulu Industrialist George W. Murphy. Julius Garfinckel & Co., the Washington-based retail chain that controls Manhattan's Brooks Bros., last year rebuffed a tender takeover attempt by Genesco, Maxey Jarman's shoe-and-clothing combine, after two court fights and a bitter exchange of public recriminations. Most often, the best defense is to reach for a friendlier hand. Battling a tender takeover by Texan Troy V. Post's Greatamerica Corp., an insurance-banking-airline combine, Cleveland's chemical and paint...
...return to Deans Elder and Ford and explain once again their dire financial plight: the imminently rising cost of living in the Cambridge area. This administration is not tough and hard-boiled; they can be made to understand that their graduate students cannot make ends meet on the present shoe-string salary they receive. In fact, they must be made to understand before the situation gets out of hand: before it blows up into an issue that could well embarrass Harvard University, administration and Teaching Fellows alike. G.S. Rousseau Instructor of English
Skiing, say the experts, has advanced 30 m.p.h. in 30 years; metal skis, lightweight safety bindings, improved waxing and modern stretch suits have all aided that advance. Even foot racing has new and faster tracks, to say nothing of better shoes. In 1960, University of Oregon Coach Bill Bowerman developed shoes that weighed only 4 oz., compared with 6 oz. for the old "lightweights." The difference might seem minor, says Bowerman, "but you know what it meant in a mile race? The runner was lifting 200 pounds less." Now a German firm has produced a 2½ oz. shoe...