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...shared Nobel Prizes: T.W. Richards1914 Chemistry George R. Minot 1934 Medicine William P. Murphy 1934 Medicine Percy W. Bridgman 1946 Physics Edward M. Purcell 1952 Physics Fritz A. Lipmann 1953 Medicine John F. Enders 1954 Medicine Frederick C. Robbins 1954 Medicine Thomas H. Weller 1954 Medicine Georg von Bekesy 1961 Medicine James D. Watson 1962 Medicine Konrad E. Bloch 1964 Medicine Julian S. Schwinger 1965 Physics Robert Burns Woodward 1965 Chemistry George Wald 1967 Medicine Simon S. Kuznets 1971 Economics Kenneth J. Arrow 1972 Economics Wassily W. Leontief 1973 Economics William N. Lipscomb 1976 Chemistry John H. Van Wleck...
...trick lies in getting just the right i.d. Long-known as the place for fake i.d.'s, HSA International Student i.d.'s, don't have much clout in Cambridge anymore. Anne A. von Germeten '86, the HSA travel manager, says she discovered this while investigating charges of the i.d.'s misuse. "I called up a lot of the places in Cambridge and found out the i.d. doesn't even work," she says...
Meanwhile, in perhaps the most intriguing development so far, a woman placed an obituary in the Aug. 24 edition of the London Times. The notice: "Von Hessen. On August 21st at Penzance, Cornwall. Timothy, Mark and James. Dearly beloved sons of Margarita Countess Von Hessen and the late Count Richardt. Funeral service to be held in Germany. Donation to the NSPCC (the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children)." Suspicious of the ad, the Times checked and found that no such deaths had been reported in Penzance and that Princess Margaret of Hesse, 72, who happened...
...York City, asked regarding a perfume pitch on one page, "That's not an ad, is it?" It was, and some agencies are skeptical of the trend. Says Advertising Executive Katie Muldoon: "It's confusing, and we wouldn't recommend it to our clients." But contends Agency Head Jo-Von Tucker: "The more prestigious the store the higher the possibility for success...
Commercial considerations often place the news that sells before the news that counts, favoring the sensational over the significant. Thus, Claus Von Bulow's titillating but irrelevant trial Flogs headlines, and the case of the Rhode Island couple accused of killing their infant daughter leads the local news. The publican can blame the press, but it shares the burden of guild; when America watches television, it sees a reflection of itself...