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...dedicated group of "professionalists." In the meritocracy of the '60s and '70s, he says, "no young man can hope simply to repeat the life pattern of his father; talent must be continually improved." According to Keniston, only about one student in ten deviates from the spartan code of professionalism. "Few of these young men and women have any doubt that they will one day be part of our society," he concludes. "They wonder about where they will fit in, but not about whether...
After four rugged years at Scotland's Gordonstoun School and two terms at the spartan Geelong School in the Australian bush, Britain's Prince Charles, 18, seems to be ready for more intensive book learning. Next fall the prince will enter Trinity College, Cambridge, the alma mater of his grandfather George VI, to read history and related subjects. After a couple of years of that contemplative life, the heir to the throne will sign up for a tour of duty in one of the realm's military services...
Notre Dame played almost all of the game without its great passing quarterback, Hanratty, who went off the field with a shoulder separation midway in the first quarter, and the whole game without its best runner, Nick Eddy, who had a sore shoulder. The Spartan defense took care of the rest. It triple-teamed Irish End Seymour so effectively that he did not catch a pass; in all, Notre Dame gained a grand total of only 219 yds. Thirty-four of those yards came on a touchdown pass from Coley O'Brien, Hanratty's replacement, to Halfback...
That should have been enough to terrify Michigan State-except that the Spartans were too busy running around in their own fright wigs. They beat Indiana 37-19 for their ninth straight, thereby setting the scene for what looks like the college football game of the decade. Despite the fact that the clash will be televised in the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest (occasioning protests from 30,000 fans in other areas who want to see it too), every one of the 76,000 seats in Spartan Stadium has been sold out since last July...
...mortal could have tucked into 49 years as much action, adventure, heroism, devotion to duty, romance, singleness of purpose and accomplishment as he has. Born in the farming town of Sarrat, in Ilocos Norte province on Luzon's craggy northwest slopes. Marcos grew up under a code of spartan self-reliance. His father, Mariano Marcos, was a stern, humorless politician who refused comfort to any of his four children if they cried over injuries. "Don't start a fight," he advised brusquely, "until you know...