Word: toms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...friend Tom, a fellow Mather orphan, arrived at his six-man quaint to find all the bedrooms padlocked and reserved with signs for "Dave and Betsy." "Steve and Joanne," "Mona and The Madman," "Ken," and "Crazy Al." The living room was filled to chest level with barbells, broken furniture, and several Persian rugs and boxes of knickknacks Ken had culled from a couple of profitable years on the Lampoon business board...
Harvard swept the first eight places and senior Royce Shaw bothered by a leg injury for most of the season, came within three seconds of equaling his course record with a winning time of 26:48 Junior Tom Spengler and sophomore Milke Koerner ran together at second and third...
...think that they can't do worse damage to the overly swelled egos of the Baltimore team. And New York teams just don't lose to those from Baltimore, even when the odds-makers instruct them to. As for today's game, there is no way they can beat Tom Seaver, originally a Braves product who is a fine young pitcher. The New Breed to win, 4-2. My Red Barber autographer, obtained when the Old Redhead came to Mt. Kisco for a wedding, is on the line this time...
...Dallas, 6 ft. 3 in., 230 lbs., was the first Ivy Leaguer (Yale) to be chosen in the opening round of the pro draft since Cornell's Pete Gogolak in 1965. He is already making Dallas fans-and coaches -forget about the premature retirement of Don Perkins. Coach Tom Landry says unequivocally: "Hill is the best running back we've ever had." After two games, Hill had barreled for 208 yds. (an average of 5.1 yds. per carry) to lead the N.F.L. in that department. Hill has amazingly good balance for a big man and runs nearly...
...industrialists grumble about slipping demand and sales. Automakers have scheduled 7.5% fewer car assemblies for the final quarter of this year than during the same period a year ago, and Chrysler is about to lay off some of its 40,000 white-collar workers to reduce costs. A. W. ("Tom") Clausen, vice chairman of the Bank of America, predicted last week that banks will cut their prime rate from the present record 81% early next year, or perhaps even sooner. Walter Heller, the former White House chief economist, maintains that "inflation has probably now passed its peak of intensity...