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That sentence also included a phrase that amounted to a slap in the face for Harvard and other universities priding themselves on the caliber of their student bodies...
...slap at the Soviets. If the Soviets take it and don't react, then it will mean nothing," he said. "But conversely, [Sadat] could provoke the Soviets to respond in a sharp way," Safran added
...tables are instructed to call out, to the bartender, say, "Two double Scotches for C" instead of shouting the word craps. Every effort is made to dispel the rowdy, green eyeshade image of gambling. New croupiers are taught the "theory of craps," while Twenty-One dealers are told to slap their hands and hold them upward when they leave their posts to show that they are not concealing any chips. Department heads are required to write daily reports on customer complaints and answer them by letter or telephone. Other supervisory personnel, meanwhile, prepare nightly lists of high rollers...
...Charles, breezing along past the Boston skyline, the only sounds you hear are the flapping of the canvas sails and the constant slap-slap-slap of water on the hull. Sailboats, after all, are very quiet vehicles. As a rule, so are the people who sail them--no one, for instance, has ever accused the Harvard sailing team of dominating the sports pages of any local newspaper. But the Crimson squad, in its own unobtrusive way, has been making a lot of noise...
...Brien's tally resulted from a two on one break with teammate Ross Brownridge. Harvard's Gene Purdy drilled a slap shot wide of the mark that rebounded to center ice. Sophomore defenseman Jack Hughes pivoted to gain control of the loose puck as Brownridge and O'Brien swarmed on the disk. Brownridge's initial shot was stopped by goalie Hynes before O'Brien, a sophomore, found the open...