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...Vincent Dole of New York's Rockefeller University Hospital, a pioneer in the use of methadone, argues that physicians should relieve, not increase, the suffering of the heroin addict. Most drug users apparently agree. Addicts are far more likely to turn themselves in for treatment if chemical substitutes are offered than if the prospect is cold turkey. The flaws in that argument are that American treatment programs have a high relapse rate and that the addiction epidemic is nowhere near being checked...
Harvard's strength in the jumping events could also prove crucial. Vincent Venderpoole Wallice should handle the long jump easily and a Crimson sweep in the triple jump seems possible, with Kevin Benjamin a heavy favorite...
Kahlil Gibran's 1923 view of money matters, as spelled out in The Prophet, may have had some roots in his memories of the rough-and-tumble commerce practiced in his native village of Bsharri, Lebanon. Eight years later, when the author lay dying of tuberculosis in St. Vincent's Hospital in New York, he scribbled a one-page will in which he bequeathed the royalties from seven books to the people of Bsharri. After all, the books were not selling very well; they would bring a few thousand dollars a year to the relatively poor town...
Harvard's best scoring potential appears to be in the field where Jay Hughes and Ted DeMars in the hammer, Rich Gilbain in the discus, Fred Lang in the high jump, and Vincent Vanderpoole. Wallace in the long jump appear to have good shots at placing. Kevin Benjamin, with a 49 ft. 9 1/4 in. triple jump, may be the Crimson's top hope for an individual first...
...upset favored Northeastern, and when the Crimson took 1-2 in the hammer, 2-3 in the javelin, an unexpected 2-4 in the pole vault, a 2-4 in the shot and firsts in the long and triple jumps, the picture for Harvard looked bright. Particularly satisfying were Vincent Vanderpoole-Wallace's new meet record of 23'6" in the long jump and Kevin Benjamin's winning triple jump. Benjamin established himself as one of the top triple jumpers in the East with a record-shattering jump...