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...next architect to catch Griswold's eye was the late Eero Saarinen, Yale '34. Commissioned to do simply a hockey rink, Saarinen achieved a daring structure whose wooden roof is slung from a single humpbacked reinforced concrete spine, so that inside there are no pillars to block the view. Saarinen spent far more than the money that had been budgeted for the project, but the hockey rink so pleased critics and trustees alike that Saarinen subsequently was put to drawing up a master development plan for Yale. Along the line he won a commission close...
...auto that is not just cruiser size but more like a battleship. Spanning 20½ ft. from stem to stern, The Grand Mercedes 600 is the world's longest auto. It is also one of the lowest: less than 5 ft. high, it has the low-slung lines of a dachshund. Boasting all the latest engineering innovations (disk brakes, adjustable pneumatic suspension system, fuel-injection 300-h.p. engine), the 600 seats eight, including two on rear-facing armchairs, and sells in the U.S. at $23,000. For the economy-minded, there is an 18-ft., six-passenger model...
...Ellis* also sees some virtues in adultery ("Some of us are able to benefit from adultery and some of us are not"), and Maxine Davis advises readers to be permissive about any touches of fetishism in their spouses ("If he likes to have his wife's beaver coat slung across a chair where he can see or touch it while making love, why not leave it there...
...three other field events, as the Crimson continued its season-long domination of the weights. Art Doten captured the hammer with a throw of 185 ft. 9 1/2 in., Olney Croasdale won the shot with a put of 55 ft. 2 1/2 in., and John Bakkensen, University record holder, slung the discus...
...over now, and they still walk around that way," said a cafe proprietor on the Rue Saint Jacques, gesturing at three officers of the peace standing on the corner with submachine guns slung under their coats. "I have nothing against de Gaulle--I don't play politics--but who do they plan to shoot those things at? They should take them away...