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Like a Ninja Turtle conceived in disaster and destined for greatness, Schwarzenegger was born in the rubble of the Third Reich's defeat, in the Austrian village of Thal. His father was a policeman, his mother a housekeeper, and they lived in a house that had no toilet or refrigerator until he was 14. Could it have been such mean circumstances that gave Arnold an edge? He thinks so. "Today in America," he says, "I see kids comfortable, getting everything they want, peaceful minds, no hang-ups. And I realize that stability will never create the hunger it takes...
John Rosenthal's column in today's Crimson ("Rise'n'Thal," October 7) was so offensively devoid of sense that I feel compelled to respond in the interest of fairness...
...next time The Crimson is looking for filler material, I suggest a public service ad rather than printing "Rise'n'Thal." Authors who criticize people for lacking "guts and class," as Rosenthal does Boggs, without bothering to present or even research the facts, are usually themselves lacking in those desired departments. Peter J. Keating...
Everyone in the theater lives within the le thal limits of a terrific hit or a castratory flop. To get to the top is a demanding task; to stay at the top is a grueling or deal. Nobody knows more about that than Neil Simon, or deals with it with such consistent comic verve...
ANSWERS: 1) George Lalich 2) 9, Murray Dea 3) Endicott "Chub" Peabody 4) adjuster George Newhouse in 1976 5) Jim Fitzsimmons with a 24.2 scoring average in 1971-72 6) "Pineapple" 7) Denise Thal, Lissa Muscatine 8) Mike Faught 9) Jon Garrity 10) Shep Messing 11) Mel Embree 12) Jim Stoeckel 13) Baltimore Orioles star lefthander Mike Flanagan 14) Andy O'Hara 15) 26 yards 16) Lyman Bullard 17) Alex Vik 18) 10 19) Dick Button, John Misha Petkevich 20) Larry Glueck