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...Came in from the Cold, John Le Carre's second novel, takes the opposite tack. Its people are so down-to-earth that the adventure story fades into the background. As a thriller, the book is slightly better than average -- not extraordinary. There is an unusually complicated plot, but one that can be seen through without undue exertion. There is the usual cast--a secret agent, Alec Lemas, assorted other agents, a chief-of-department named "Control," and a girl whom Lemas loves, and who happens to be a Communist...
...Graham's casual review of the results of the Easterns fails to cover entirely the performance of Tack Chace, who pinned twice in the unlimited class--first against Columbia and then against Temple in the consolations. Time and distance prevented Mr. Graham from attending the Easterns but he seems to have obtained enough information to indicate that Joel Raichlin of Syracuse ". . . helpfully sprained his ankle and had to default...
...think the average Harvard wrestler gains much more than discouragement from a one-match tour of the Easterns, any more than the football team would gain toward an "absolute aesthetic quality" from playing Ohlo State every year. I certainly agree that outstanding wresters such as Tack Chace and, of course, Mr. Brooks himself deserve a chance in the Easterns. I apologize for implying that Mr. Brooks' bout with the unfortunate Raichlin would have ended in anything but certain victory...
...proponents claim that it comes closer to the natural physiological hormone cycle. Mead, Johnson & Co. already has an application before FDA asking approval of sequential-therapy pills compounded of ingredients bought from British Drug Houses, Ltd. And Indianapolis' Eli Lilly & Co., working with Syntex, is on the same tack. Michigan's Upjohn Co. is preparing a pill it calls Provest, and Pennsylvania's Wyeth Laboratories are testing still another...
...Crimson didn't pick up any points after Friday's matches, when Pereira (177), Ben Brooks (191) and Tack Chace (Hwt.) all won their first-round matches and lost in the next round...