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...finished work is designed to revolve once every eight minutes and is powered by a hidden ¼-h.p. motor whose reduction shaft is embedded be low its 8-ft.-high triangular base. In mathematical terms, Infinity is based on the Möbius strip, named for the 19th century German mathematician A. F. Möbius. It consists of a loop twisted on itself so that it contains one continuous edge and one plane. As the great form revolved majestically for the first time last week, the early spring sun glinted off its evolving planes, creating an impression of perpetual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Infinity in Eight Minutes | 4/7/1967 | See Source »

Radcliffe's undefeated swimmers took first place Tuesday afternoon in their last meet of the season, compiling 46 points to Wellesley's 28 and Jackson's 15. The team set four pool records in the triangular meet at the Radcliffe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Unbeaten Radcliffe Mermaids Soak Wellesley, Jackson in Final Contest | 3/16/1967 | See Source »

...problem is that Harvard has too much depth--an asset in dual or triangular metts. Coach Bill McCurdy has built an amazingly well-balanced squad. His boys are never swept in an event in a meet against one or two other schools. But in the IC4A's they are competing against the best in the East, and only Harvard super-stars can score...

Author: By James K. Glassman, | Title: Trackmen May Not Match Last Year's 3rd in IC4A | 3/3/1967 | See Source »

...home appearance of the winter season will be tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Briggs Cage against Brown. The meet was originally scheduled for Saturday evening. The Bruins boast wins over B.U., B.C., Maine, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, and Columbia. Their sole loss was to Yale, 76-44, in a triangular meet with Penn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Tonight | 2/24/1967 | See Source »

...tests of the shape and size of jawbones and teeth to these long-ignored bone fragments, Leakey concluded that their characteristics were definitely more manlike than apelike, and reclassified them as Kenyapithecus africanus. Unlike the rectangular, one-rooted molars of apelike creatures, for example, the Kenyapithecus' molars were triangular and had two roots. Its incisors were in line with its canines; ape incisors protrude in front of the canines. Kenyapithecus' chin projected slightly to the front of its teeth; an ape's chin recedes behind its teeth. To Leakey, the proof is undeniable: "Man's separation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anthropology: Searching for the Common Link | 2/3/1967 | See Source »

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