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...laboratories at Valley Forge, Pa., has invented an electronic gizmo that enables Penn Coach Joseph Burk to tell at a glance in practice which of his oarsmen are pulling their weight - and which aren't. Attached to the oarlocks, miniature dynamometers measure the pull on each oar, flash the results on a board of 32 lights - four for each crewman. If all four lights flash on, the oarsman is exerting 280 Ibs. of pressure. Three means 265 Ibs., two means 240 Ibs., and one means a bawling out. Burk calls the machine "the Wizard," credits it with much...
Unexpected Sympathy. Thousands of new Somebodies had to overcome the barrier of illiteracy. Many learned to identify the names of the candidates they favored by staring for hours at crayon-lettered flash cards prepared by civil rights workers. Despite an election regulation that allowed just five minutes in the voting booth, some Negro novices puzzled and pondered over the mysteries of the ballot for as long as half an hour. Encouragingly-if unexpectedly-sympathetic white officials usually gave them all the time they needed, even helped confused illiterates by reading aloud the candidates' names and marking ballots when voters...
...Flash Floods. "I have another one here from Doug Kiker, a Herald Tribune reporter who works hard," continued Fleming. "He wrote a pre-Easter story out of San Antonio: 'President Johnson is in a foul mood this Easter Sunday, apparent for all to see.' " But Johnson was on the L.B.J. ranch. "Kiker saw the President from 78 miles away. He has better eyes than I have. And stronger perception too." Among his other complaints, Fleming cited an Associated Press story out of Saigon by Malcolm Browne, who stated that the President had ordered the military...
...fact, there is not one London scene, but dozens. Each one is a dazzling gem, a medley of checkered sunglasses and delightfully quaint pay phone boxes, a blend of "flash" American, polished Continental and robust old English influence that mixes and merges in London today. The result is a sparkling, slapdash comedy not unlike those directed for the screen by Britain's own Tony (Tom Jones) Richardson or Czech Emigre Karel (Morgan!) Reisz, and filmed by Director Richard (Help!) Lester, a fugitive from Philadelphia, who uses the sudden stills and the hurry-up time that he learned filming advertising...
...partnerships, incorporated firms can also build up reserves of capital that are taxed at a lower rate and can be used to train new employees and set up the complicated electronics system-in Bache's case, to 76 U.S. and 13 overseas cities-that brokerage houses need to flash quotations and service customers. Incorporation also makes it possible to bring along younger executives without tedious diplomatic negotiations among aging partners...