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Society author, British Economist Barbara Ward, when he warned that "the scientific, technological and economic gap between the rich and poor nations is widening." Before leaving New York, he managed to lavishly praise Nelson Rockefeller, Senator Javits and Mayor Lindsay. Then he jetted off to the Republican Governors' Association conference in Colorado, where he again lambasted Lyndon Johnson for having created "public disillusionment...
...overflow crowd had a chance to cheer the Crimson towards the upset of the year, when Harvard closed the gap to five points with seven minutes left. A jump shot by Bob Kanuth, a foul shot by Bob Johnson, and then a leaping follow-up by Johnson of a missed shot, and wow: it was 70-63. Bob Cousy called for a time out, and the fans applauded for a full minute...
Harvard came close once more, closing the gap to six with 3:42 remaining, but -- sad to say -- even when it was close, the Eagles seemed to be in command...
...consists of two slender beams of anodized aluminum, 30 ft. long by 2 ft. high, braced between uprights. A cool piece of pure structure, the object has all the contemplative imagery of an I beam, but it has an inner electronic life. The narrow six-inch gap between the aluminum beams is brightly lit by hidden sodium-vapor lamps that shine on electric eyes staring up through pencil-sized holes in the bottom beam...
When the adventurous art lover at Manhattan's Waddell Gallery inserts his hands into the gap (disposable plastic gloves are provided to lend a sense of formality), they break the light beams, thus activating eight loudspeakers that, hidden in the uprights, rumble and reverberate like a blighty Wurlitzer. Each of 144 electric eyes paired in opposing scales from high to low along the length of La Machine controls a musical tone. It was possible to pick out Féere Jacques on the gizmo; impromptu boiler-factory blues was a far simpler tune to produce...