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...weight throw could provide the highlight of the afternoon, as Stan Doten shoots for a U.S. collegiate record. Doten threw 64 ft., 51/2 in. last Saturday, and the addition of two and a fraction inches would...
...Planned in 1955, when warning time for an attack was four to six hours, the shelter is already obsolete, unless several million more dollars are spent for a twenty-four hour helicopter alert or a private subway from the State House. At best, the shelter holds only a fraction of the State Government, and only for ninety days. Moreover, the entire concept of protective shelters in urban centers is doubtful as a measure of national security, particularly in ever-shorter warning times and the increasing perfection of chemical and biological warfare. A few isolated shelters might save a certain number...
...cholesterol values for the Japanese should read 160, 223 and 248 for the men in Japan, Hawaii and Los Angeles, respectively; not 120, 183 and 213, which are the values for beta lipoprotein cholesterol fraction only...
...makes two points clear. First, Harvard students can benefit as much by group study as by individual tutorial. Such groups, whether financed by a generous patron or diversion of some Faculty funds, certainly can be extended through the Houses--with or without academic credit--to reach more than a fraction of a single class. And, secondly, the Freshman Seminars demonstrate in part the uninspiring conditions of the Yard. A calcified required composition course, the presence of disciplinary proctors instead of tutors, a singularly unattractive and crowded dining hall: all these petty annoyances combine with normal first-year traumas to keep...
...London, on the world's biggest free silver market, the price of futures in silver last week rose to 92⅞? per oz. This was a mere quarter of a cent over the current price, but it represented the biggest futures spread in 19 years. The fraction was small, but in the tight silver trade it was a lot. It was also a warning signal, as London silver brokers Mocatta & Goldsmid Ltd. put it with characteristic British understatement, that "those, who take a longer view are inclined to foresee a deficiency of silver." Consumption of silver in industry...