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...vastness of the gap between the envisioned tomorrow, and the actual today, Brazilians sometimes blame nature: the rugged mountain ranges that block the seaboard from the interior, the tropical heat that saps men's energy in the coastal cities, including Rio. Racists (rare but not unknown in tolerant Brazil) put the blame on Brazil's racial potpourri. (It was 62% white, 27% brown and 11% black by the 1950 census, but a majority of Brazilian whites have at least a trace of Indian or Negro blood.) Often Brazilians blame the nation's Portuguese colonial masters. Complains...
...fossil-bearing rock. Driving down from Denver to investigate, Government Geologist G. Edward Lewis found that the fossils were in the Kayenta Formation, a rock stratum that runs through Navajo country for hundreds of miles. For fossil fanciers this was big news: in the Kayenta Formation fossils are almost unknown...
...College will face their biggest hour exam of the semester when the Yale varsity football team visits the Stadium at 1:30 p.m. today. Although the bookies expect the Elis to do one point better, the Crimson's ace scout, Josh Williams, who has discovered some things about Yale unknown even to Jordan Olivar and William Buckley, feels that the varsity...
...other two alumnae slated for recognition are still unknown, but some authorities believe that Mrs. Maud W. Park '98, is a possible candidate. At Radcliffe, Mrs. Park founded the first chapter of the College Equal Suffrage of the United States. She was also the first president of the National League of Women Voters...
There have been two schools of thought about varsity coaches and their origins. The advocates of one maintain that a name coach is preferable to an unknown, primarily because he attracts good players. Members of the other believe that a coach who has risen through the farm system is better qualified...