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Dean Elder, in his recurrent crusade to shorten the academic life of the Harvard graduate student, is now reportedly seeking Faculty approval of a plan limiting Ph.D. candidates to a three year term of residence...
...that man is already exposed to too much radiation. Last week, at the first International Co'ngress of Radiation Research in Burlington, Vt., Brookhaven National Laboratory's Dr. Howard J. Curtis reported evidence that a single modern fluoroscopic examination of a pregnant woman's pelvis will shorten her child's life by two weeks...
...loosens my shoulder muscles." Turley considers pitching "an exercise in psychology," is willing and anxious to learn from anyone who can help. From Don Larsen he learned the no-wind-up style that aids his control and concentration. From careful observation of his own failures, he learned to shorten his stride so that he no longer bangs his right elbow against his left knee when he follows through after a pitch. Unnecessary bases on balls and a chronic soreness in the elbow of his salary arm have disappeared almost overnight. "All I throw," says Turley, "is a fast ball...
...beefed-up world trade. 3) the exportable and basic meanings of the U.S. way of life. "It is up to us to make our freedom so rich, so dynamic, so self-disciplined that its values will be beyond dispute and its influence become so penetrating as to shorten the life expectancy of Communist imperialism...
...decided on murder the day Chekkal joined the French delegation to the United Nations: "I didn't have anything against him personally, or against his opinions, because I am .naturally very tolerant. But I was against his political actions. I thought in suppressing him I would shorten the war in Algeria. True France understands my nationalism...