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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Audience, which is the oldest of the three, is also the fattest. It seems a bit middle-aged, and the people who write it give the impression they use their talent to dabble. Certainly most of its 127 pages are cheerful; some readers may find it even innocuous here and there. But it seldom it ever offends...
This grant, given annually, is divided among professors and instructors in the Chemistry Department for use in individual research, a member of the Department explained. Unlike other stipends, the du Pont gift is given with no restrictions governing its use. Thus it fosters much work in chemistry that would not otherwise be possible, he added...
Looking back over the long list of Harvard players who have gone on to high rankings in national and international competition, one might be tempted to trace Barnaby's successes to his ability to turn out brilliant individual performers such as Charlie Ufford, Ben Heckscher, and Larry Sears, to use some of the more recent examples...
Barnaby's--and Harvard's--secret is depth. Whether his team has an individual standout or not, Barnaby relies on being able to use nine strong players. When he is partly successful, the Crimson finishes third or fourth in the League. When he is successful, which is most of the time, his team is in the battle for first place--usually with Yale. Often there is no battle...
...below the surface) and the shallow ocean floor. Once, Anderson nosed his sub to the seemingly ice-free surface but jarred against thin ice and blacked out both his periscopes. A 15-hour repair feat, in a choppy sea and bone-numbing wind, restored No. 1 periscope to use. Constant fear: that the conditions at the top of the world, which confuse both magnetic and gyro compasses, would doom Nautilus to a game of "longitude roulette," in which the directionless ship might wander aimlessly around the Arctic Ocean without finding either of the two water exits-like a sort...