Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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The newsstand is Procopio's first business venture. Six weeks on the job have left him with a new view of the English language. "The key word," he said yesterday, "is survival."
Procopio wants to renovate the present site into a combination newsstand-bookstore, "with something for everyone." But the city of Cambridge has refused to allow them a construction permit because the newsstand is in a building zone restricted to offices.
According to Procopio, the unwritten law of Harvard Square's newspaper dealers is made by Sheldon Cohen, owner of "Out of Town Newspapers, Inc." Procopio charged yesterday that Cohen's dislike for competitors has been the source of many of their troubles. "We are pennies compared to Cohen but he...
In the 600 Harvard's Bob Clayton, running on the inside, was apparently forced off the track by Army runners. Clayton was surrounded when he came around the corner just beyond the quarter mile marker. As he was pushed aside, his spikes caught the edge of the tartan track which...
Clayton came back a half hour later in the 1000-yard run only to be nipped at the finish line by Army's Lou Cattie. Clayton was leading at the 900-yard mark, but Cattie caught him and reached the finish line a split second ahead of the Harvard sophomore...