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Baseball and football have long had their halls of fame, and now capitalism is about to get a showcase that will surpass them both. Called Enterprise Square, USA, the 60,000-sq.-ft. megastructure on the campus of Oklahoma Christian College (enrollment: 1,700) will be a paean to the free-market system when it opens this week. Attractions range from a 12-ft-wide cash register and 2-ft.-tall puppets to a video-game room where visitors can try their hand at running dozens of different types of firms. There will even be a Hall of Giants...
Jackson said that although the school had formally committed itself only to hiring one woman professor in the next six years, K-School officials may decide later to surpass that goal...
...says. "If Richard had been a bricklayer, I would have been a fantastic bricklayer." No question, she is a fantastic singer. Not trained, not technical, she has a clear tone and a dramatic delivery that drives every song to the limit. Others may be more polished, but none can surpass her punch. Linda Thompson may be rock's best woman singer...
...known for its individualism, McCurdy has developed a program that revolves around team unity and produces teams which can win dual meets, not superstars who rake in individual titles. And, as a result, during his 30-year tenure, the Harvard track mentor has consistently turned out teams whose successes surpass all expectations. In 1950, McCurdy's first year as the Crimson's assistant coach, a powerful squad from Yale ran away from everyone at the Heptagonals and the Big Three meet, while Harvard barely escaped the cellar. But three years later, under McCurdy's direction, the Crimson thinclads beat their...
...World Records: Williams for blowing the largest bubble-gum bubble (19¼ in.), Hollingsworth for balancing a milk bottle on his head while walking 18½ miles (a truly dying art), and Father Hesburgh for accumulating more honorary degrees than anyone else ever has. Next month Hesburgh will surpass Guinness's current record holder, former President Herbert Hoover, who had 89. Hesburgh's 90th will come from Kalamazoo College in Michigan. That looks nice on the resume, but adds up to a problem in finding space for his colorful academic hoods and coming up with acceptance speeches...