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...quick end to its futile possession-play strategy, but Harvard was able to tighten the score to 43 to 41 with the clock showing 4:30. Then the roof fell...

Author: By R. ANDREW Beyer, | Title: B.C. Kills Harvard Comeback; Cagers Slashed in 57-45 Loss | 12/7/1962 | See Source »

...contrast to Hughes' economic promised land, Lodge stressed the need to think ahead coldly and realistically. "We need to tighten the belt both on the labor side and on the management side," he declared...

Author: By Efrem Sigel, | Title: Hughes, Lodge Clash On How to Improve Economy | 10/11/1962 | See Source »

...Faculty will probably rummage the subject of the language again next year, according to , and it seems likely that be pressure to tighten the so it will mean something...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: The General Education Program, A Qualified Success | 6/14/1962 | See Source »

...comic role as the chariot-racing Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur, laid it on a mite thick. Standing atop a wooden box in London's Aldwych Theater for a mock hanging scene in Bertolt Brecht's The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Griffith slipped, felt the noose tighten round his neck, and blacked out gurgling. First came the smelling salts, then the brandy. Ten minutes later the beetle-browed Welshman was back-and with a hangdog look, remounted the box to go on with the show. "I had forebodings about the scene ever since we started rehearsals." said he. "That...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 8, 1962 | 6/8/1962 | See Source »

...offer tax deduc tions of up to 7% for business investment in machinery and other productive equip ment, 3% for public utilities; 3) require that expenditures for entertainment, amusement and recreation be deductible only if directly related to the active con duct of a trade or business; 4) tighten up tax regulations for mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations, coops, and Americans investing or living abroad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congress: Putting On the Heat | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

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