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...emigrated from Ireland, running the 220 in 22.5 seconds, "on the grass, in bare feet," and his seven children all pursued various athletic interests. Andy began running outdoor track as a high school freshman, added indoor track to his schedule as a sophomore, and by his junior year had become a year-round runner...
Dartmouth College has proposed a plan to end its unique year-round calendar that has been used since 1972. The proposal, providing for a return to a three-term schedule through the elimination of the summer term option, comes as a response to what Hans Penner, dean of the Arts and Science, called "student and faculty concern for the lack of continuity in undergraduate life...
...plus per bod per day. (Sears, Roebuck has even used Cheryl Tiegs as a cover girl.) Their photographers, including such luminaries as Victor Skrebneski and Alex Chatelain, command daily fees of $3,000 and more. A big, elegant specialty firm like Horchow's has a year-round staff of more than 100 buyers to roam the world and fill the pages with a cornucopia of objects that may range from the unique to the useful but always murmur the suggestion of comfort, chic and class...
Fitzcarraldo is unusual for a Herzog film in providing a gallery of delightful supporting performances. Claudia Cardinale, as Fitz's mistress Molly, radiates sensuality like a healthy year-round suntan. Jose Lewgoy, who plays an unscrupulous rubber baron, takes immense and innocent pleasure in his character's venality. Miguel Angel Fuentes, the boat's mechanic, is a huge ivory totem, twice as large as Arnold Schwarzenegger and with three times the dark charm. Grande Othelo, who starred 40 years ago in Orson Welles' unfinished film It's All True, is the wrinkled old retainer...
...aviation designer whose Ryan Airlines Inc. built Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis in 60 days in 1927 for $15,000; in San Diego. A complete flying enthusiast, Ryan created and manufactured the first U.S. high-wing monoplane (the M-1), established the first regularly scheduled year-round passenger airline in the U.S., and ran an aeronautical school that trained more than 10,000 World War II pilots. During the Viet Nam War, he provided pilotless jet spy planes and pioneered the V/STOL, a vertical-and short-takeoff-and-landing plane. At his death, he was awaiting...