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...Crimson matmen's chance to repeat last year's second-place finish suffered a jolt when Penn (3-1) whipped Yale (1-2) by an 18-13 margin. The Quakers squeaked past Harvard earlier, 16-15; if the Crimson is to tie Penn for second place behind Cornell, someone is going to have to beat the Quakers. The last hope is Columbia; Harvard squeaked past the Lions 16-14 this weekend. Since Columbia has yet to wrestle Cornell, the Lions are almost certain to drop at least one more match; if they do upset Penn, all three teams will wind...
...buildings have not only grown accustomed to the loneliness of the operatorless elevator, they have also developed a conditioned reflex. They instinctively slap any metal object-typewriter, watercooler, doorknob-with the flat of the hand before using. Otherwise, little blue sparks fly from fingertips and a nasty, if harmless, jolt runs up the arm. In fact, even the most cautious palm-slapper sometimes yields a small tingle...
...DeAngelis), on nothing at all. There are bound to be cries for stricter federal rules on commodity margins, and some other clients may find themselves in trouble. In any case, public confidence in the way that Wall Street and its brokerage houses run their affairs has suffered an unsettling jolt...
Ships & Caesars. Manna is adept at verbal slapstick. He is the fellow who created in the night boites of Cocoa Beach the astronaut who refused to be blasted off until his missing crayons were found. In another routine, he lands the first men on the moon-with such a jolt that their trousers fall down. He has some good one-liners. "I don't talk about Liz Taylor because some day it will be my turn," he says. He also notes that he never talks about his wife because "what's done is done...
Though what Cooper saw in the green veil was no surprise to scientists, the astronaut did manage to jolt them with another discovery. As he passed over South America, Cooper caught a glimpse of a thin, barely visible rust-colored layer roughly 70 miles higher than the green stratum he had been searching for. His sighting confirmed an earlier report by Astronaut Wally Schirra, and scientists now suspect the green veil may be topped by a red one made up of photochemically stimulated atomic oxygen...