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Tonight, Kirkland ran in third place all the way, and came reasonably close to overhauling Princeton's Dick Edmunds. Yale's Jim Stack, whipping Edmunds in the 600 for the umpteenth time, was the victor in the Heptagonal and Barton Hall record time of 1:10.8. But Kirkland, in third, turned in a sparkling 1:12.7, by far the best clocking a Crimson runner has ever recorded in Barton Hall...
Once again, for the umpteenth time since World War II, it was time for their leaders to remind this nation of traders that they must export or perish. It is a lesson Britons know well, and on cue they burst into selfcriticism. Critics cited examples of British firms that still often give Continental customers specifications of products in feet instead of meters. Others complained that some British companies neglect to provide service for their products after they sell them, as their German rivals do. Still others told of Dutch and German firms that snatched contracts away from Britons by promising...
...prayer of getting a job." Cause of her complaint: Broadway is going heavily Oriental this season. The World of Suzie Wong (see THEATER) is only the first of a Far East catalogue that includes such forthcoming items as Flower Drum Song, Rashomon, Kataki, Cry for Happy and the umpteenth revival of The Shanghai Gesture. Even the small, off-Broadway houses are braced for the Oriental invasion, with three versions of classic Japanese No drama...
...telephones rang incessantly; Cleveland television station WEWS had never had so many complaints in a single day. When the umpteenth belligerent caller demanded, "How long are you going to keep the U.N. session on the air?", General Manager James C. Hanrahan finally blew a fuse. "How long will the marines stay in Lebanon?" he shouted, and banged the receiver down in disgust...
This is the umpteenth in the CRIMSON'S never-ending and sporadically carried out series on colleges far and wide...