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Franz Josef proved to be a standout student. He won highest prizes in Latin, somewhat offset by his predilection for rowdy pranks, which kept his grades in deportment low and his popularity with fellow students high. He developed a passion for bicycling, once entered a 75-mile cross-country bike race, and won it, earning himself the title of "South German Road Champion." Resisting pressure to join the Nazis, he enrolled himself and his new motorcycle in the innocuous National Socialist Motorized Corps, which was little more than a sports club. At Munich University, he ranked...
...street, near Filene's, neon Christmas lights blink on and off, radios, record players, jukeboxes sound seasonal music--from "Santa Baby" and "The Yuletide Olde Lang Syne," to "White Christmas" to "Silent Night." Nearby, on the Common, some elm trees pretend they are pine. They have been used to offset a large, carousel-like decoration which projects a variety of colors each night...
Every House except for Eliot and Winthrop posted substantial gains over last year's figures. Quincy had the greatest improvement, raising their total from just over $1,200 in 1959 to $2,144 this year. The increase in House contributions was partially offset, however, by a slip from $6,175 to $5,550 in the Yard...
...instrumental in drafting the report, said yesterday that it generally represents his opinions on the expanding role of governmental support to institutions for scientific teaching and research. The committee proposed that federal grants go on a less restricted basis than at present to increase faculty salaries, to offset the universities cost of training graduate students, and to pay for new facilities...
...flashed to Hyannisport by direct telephone wire. Kennedy was building toward a 600,000 lead in Chicago's Cook County-presumably more than enough to sew up the state. New York City was going predictably Democratic. And not even in upstate New York, where Republicans hoped to offset Kennedy's expected city bundle, was the news good for Nixon. After liking Ike in both 1952 and 1956, Syracuse was giving Kennedy an early lead...