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Destroying tanks is expensive too. Six years ago the Army decided to commission its own shoulder-held antitank weapon, called the Viper, to replace a Norwegian model costing $135. The U.S. version would be cheaper, a mere $78, and have a longer range. But the first models proved too noisy, so the firing tube was lengthened. When these were tested, part of the barrel blew off. Subjected to the prescribed two-hour water-immersion test, the weapon failed after five minutes underwater. The Norwegian model now costs $250. The Viper, if Congress does not shoot it down, is expected...
...NOTEBOOK: Out with a shoulder injury, Courtney Stimpson should be back in action in the near future, in time for the Penn match a week from Saturday if not for the contest at Yale this weekend... Sukie Magraw, Wellesley's third-year coach, is a 1977 graduate of Radcliffe... Walking away with the price for understatement of the day was Harvard coach Jack Marnaby. "I think Wellesley is inexperienced compared to us," he said during yesterday's match. None of the players from Wellesley competed in high school, while the Crimson's line-up is filled with former top-ranked...
...raise money, Jobs consulted both McKenna and Nolan Bushnell, his former boss at Atari. They suggested that he call Don Valentine, an investor who frequently puts money into new firms. When Valentine came around to inspect the new computer, he found Jobs wearing cutoff jeans and sandals while sporting shoulder-length hair and a Ho Chi Minh beard. Valentine later asked McKenna: "Why did you send me this renegade from the human race...
Henry A. Kissinger '50 described himself as "relaxed and confident" as the former secretary of state prepared to undergo open heart surgery at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital last Thursday. He had initially entered the hospital complaining of acute shoulder pains...
Other solid performances contributed to the Crimson's lopsided victory. Freshman Mary Remtoumis, despite recovering from a shoulder injury, won both the 100- (1:04.5) and 200-yd. (2:17.9) backstroke...