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Tires & Symbols. Frenchmen and foreigners alike rely on the verdicts of Michelin; over the years, the guidebook has built up a reputation for accuracy and incorruptibility. Its motto is Pas de piston, pas de pot de vin-roughly, "No pull, no bribery." Not a line of paid advertising is carried on its pages...
...Will," a short, slight figure in a crumpled brown suit, walked proudly across the stage of Washington's big Departmental Auditorium and shook the hand of Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Acheson had summoned 62-year-old Mar- vin Wilbur Will to present him with the Distinguished Service Medal, the department's highest award...
...graduates took five of the first 20 places. Gus Klein of the Engineering School came in second just 3.6 seconds behind the winner, Stewart of Dartmouth, who was a member of this year's Olympic ski team. Bob Fisher came in seventh, Bob Wood, eleventh, Roger Wilson, fourteenth, and Vin Brandt, seventeenth. Crimson captain Graham Taylor came in ninth in 54.0, closely followed by Gordon Abbott, tenth. Captain elect Rod Nordblom was twelfth, Don Justus, thirteenth, and Laurie Grifflin fifteenth...
...Manhattan's George L. K. Morris contributed an abstraction as tasteful as any in the show, though it demonstrated how academic abstractionism can get. Entitled New Year's Eve on Broadway, it might almost have been painted 30 years ago-on Montmartre-if the signboards had read Vin and Tabac instead of Four Roses and Camels...
...George Emmons, who sustained a 10 to 5 loss to Holy Cross in his last outing. Jim Gabler, who hasn't rated a starting assignment since opening day, might possibly take the mound. Ed Smith, Harry Cavanaugh, Hal Marshall, Dave Skinner, and Bill Rosenau will cover the infield with Vin Morton, Ernie Wohler, and Kev Reilly in the outer pastures. Game time for both contests is 4 o'clock...