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...only sports, but academic activity got a boost in 1953 with the construction of the athletic center. Utility rooms with great window walls alternately house fencing, modern dance, half-finished paintings, or badminton...
...warned off by the high prices noted in guidebooks. The Café de la Paix might have toppled like a French Cabinet had it not been for energetic Paul Chapotin, 41, son-in-law of the restaurant's second-generation owner, 74-year-old André Millon. To boost the family's sagging revenues, Chapotin started the successful Pam-Pam chain of quick-lunch restaurants, two years ago quietly opened a Pam-Pam in the Café de la Paix bar, around the corner from the Place...
Actually, after the turn of the semester, the Council had the honor to work with the CRIMSON to formulate a practical mid-term vacation scheme on the basis of the October Council plan. Without the CRIMSON boost, it would have been hard to set the ball rolling. . . . Paul L. Scher...
...academic freedom issue, the row over the appearance of Alger Hiss was a heartening reaffirmation of Princeton's principles. Gregory Vlastos, professor of Philosophy, said that the appearance of Hiss in spite of protest was a great boost to University morale. "There is terrific pressure to maintain freedom," according to Vlastos, "and for the people who have a clear understanding of academic freedom, it really strengthens Princeton's reputation...
...businessmen took to the air, Cessna Aircraft Co. became undisputed king of the small plane makers, with a sales jump of 45% to $33 million in the past six months. Cessna's commercial business alone was currently running at more than double the 1955 rate, big enough to boost first-half earnings about 60% to some...