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...tall man, France's Charles de Gaulle has mastered a difficult diplomatic trick: the art of stooping without actually bending an inch. He likes to employ it whenever his allies get particularly incensed at his prideful, nationalistic policies, since it invariably produces a smile of relief all around without changing anything. Last week, as the 15 ministers of the NATO Council assembled in London to a fanfare from six trumpeters of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. De Gaulle, though not present himself, was at his stooping best...
High jumper Chris Pardee and Sophomore sprinter Mike Hauch garnered Heptagonal records for the Crimson. Pardee, still sporting a bandaged ankle, cleared 6 ft., 8 in, for the first time this spring. That was enough for the victory, but the lanky junior flew an inch higher to set the new standard...
Miss. Owen's musical personality, expressed with restraint in the Yannatos work, blossomed in the Verdi Bolero, "Merce dilette, amiche." She sang the aria with perfect intonation and virtuosity, and the audience demanded that she repeat it. The second time around, Miss Owen was every inch the soprano. Flowers in hand, she sang to the audience, to the orchestra, to Yannatos and, quite possibly, to Verdi himself. She was obviously enjoying herself and her joy was contagious...
...give these kids an inch, and they want a mile...
...With a patience and politeness that astounds me, Harvard undergraduate governments and the more durable CRIMSON have asked for an inch, again and again, and now have been answered with an angstrom--and that on a trial basis...