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...worst aspects of his writing are becoming accentuated as he ages. His latest novel, Triumph, treats the Third World War with hysteria and platitudes; his improbable plot is no more than an unwieldy vehicle to parade Wylie's ideas on desegregation, prejudice, sex, miscegenation, brotherly love and a swarm of other fascinating topics. Unfortunately for the novel, Wylie's ideas of these and all other matters are insipid. His book is the dullest piece of writing you can find anywhere on the best-seller list...
Princeton boasts one scoring threat in John Cook, a fine but shell-shocked goalie in Bill Hill, and nothing else. When Princeton was in Cambridge two weeks ago, a virtually non-existent defense allowed Crimson forwards to swarm all over Hill (55 saves) and the Tiger offense managed only nine shots all evening...
...were these new rulers? In the modern mode, Aref, 41, gritted his teeth and presented himself at the Baghdad Hotel for the inevitable press conference with the swarm of foreign correspondents, an ordeal he seemed to regard as in some ways worse than the historic night of the coup itself. More than a hundred shouting reporters and photographers pushed aside his tommy-gun-waving guard and crowded around Iraq's boss to hear Aref speak freely about the aims and purposes of the new government. He said something about an end to one-man rule, friendship with all Arab...
...Deadly Mosquito. American Livestock's animal clients get into some strange accidents. Lightning is one of the most frequent killers; once a bolt running along a fence killed a whole line of cattle leaning against it. Another time, a swarm of husky Florida mosquitoes smothered a herd of cattle by clogging their noses and throats. Some animals have become so rattled at having their hoofs trimmed that they have broken their backs, and one prize Brahman bull being flown to a show in South America managed to work open the plane door and leap...
...cows, meets the other boarders at 7:30 breakfast. After tidying their rooms, the youngsters attend chapel, join the day students in regular classwork until midafternoon. Then the boarders get cracking again. The boys polish floors, mow lawns, repair buildings, haul garbage, plow the fields. Girls swarm into the boys' dormitory with mops and pails, cook dinner using produce from the school's 350-acre truck garden. After dinner: study hall, lights out by 10:30 at the latest. Saturday morning is for more work; Sunday hikes exercise those who still need...