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...night at the Arena, the varsity hockey team is officially third in the East--although you'd better not say that to any of the players. It was in a spirit of high dudgeon that the Crimson, still playing raggedly, pushed over two third-period goals to defeat the stubborn Mules in the consolation game of the ECAC tournament...
...Operating on the theory that one good deed deserves another, Yankee Slugger (61 home runs) Roger Maris showed up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to talk contract with General Manager Roy Hamey. His bags were already packed, should Hamey prove stubborn, but Maris was persuaded to stay. The clincher: a $32,000 raise (to $70,000)-or about $525 for each of his 1961 homers...
From scene to scene, Henry Fonda visibly erodes with stoic dignity. A trifle over-animated, Olivia de Havilland nonetheless grows in gallantry and warmth. But as the play empties into the bowl over which the hero slits his wrists, it seems to leave behind it no revelation, only a stubborn ring of illusions...
...still a spinster, Angela hoped that Francesco's imprisonment would finally clear the field for other suitors. But last week, after filing an appeal that the Italian courts may not hear for another two years. Francesco, 50, was back in stubborn pursuit. Vowed the aging Romeo : "I love Angela and will never give her up." Cried the miscast Juliet: "He has frightened off all other suitors. That man has ruined my life...
...clash. Last week aggressive, research-minded Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. (annual sales: $1.6 billion) began the biggest takeover struggle in Britain's history. It broke off coolly polite merger talks with slow-footed Courtaulds, Ltd. (sales: $481 million), Britain's biggest maker of artificial fibers. Faced with stubborn resistance from Courtaulds' board, which is reluctant to be swallowed up, I.C.I, declared a proxy war, publicly offered to swap $560 million worth of its stock for all of Cour taulds' outstanding shares...