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Clearing the Books. Ross drove himself hard. He developed ulcers; once he had a nervous breakdown. Later, he casually referred to this as "the time I went crazy." He drove his staff just as hard, but never nagged or chivied his writers or artists. He was alternately quiet and garrulous, biting and sentimental. Sometimes he encouraged struggling writers and cartoonists by buying material he knew he could not use. To regular contributors, he gave sizable monthly advances, often erasing their debts at Christmas...
Wilson did not think the victory was necessarily indicative of the squad's future performances. He said the breakdown of the Tech defense in the second quarter was the decisive factor in the win. "It was a typical first game," he commented. "We were a little rough in places, but we showed some promise." He singled out Dick Manning's play at center for special praise...
...breakdown for the University's 3,017 total showed the College leading with 2,018. Then came the graduate schools with 535. Radcliffe with 258, Lesley with 75, Sargent with 70, and the Episcopal Theological School with...
...breakdown of College contributions is: Lowell, $2,731; Eliot, $1,969; Dunster, $1,715; Winthrop, $1,701; Kirkland $1,331; Adams, $1,267; Leverett, $1,179; Yard, Claverly, and Apley, $5,334; and Commuters...
...alongside U.S. and British troops in SHAPE. By the end of 1953, said the French last week, this Army will have some 1,000,000 men. About half, or 590,000 of them, will be organized into combat divisions, the rest will be service and support troops. The divisional breakdown: 14 French, 12 German, 12 Italian, and five from Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg...