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...area of at least four towering volcanoes, some of which may still be showing signs of activity. They are dominated by gigantic Nix Olympica, with an upper rim estimated to be more than three times as tall as Mt. Everest, the earth's highest peak...
Cornell has not played since last Sunday's doubleheader at Philadelphia, and Thoren thinks this lay-off will work to Harvard's advantage. "We hit our peak last weekend, and I can only hope that the team can sustain its momentum," he said...
...Only two mergers occurred among the 500 last year: National Steel acquired Granite City Steel, and General Host took over Cudahy. That was the smallest number since 1958; it compared with a recent peak of 23 in 1968. Apparently, the Justice Department's opposition to big mergers is helping to hold them down...
...cent between 1968 and 1971, had only 29 more applicants this year. Applications at the Business School tell off for the second consecutive year, down almost 1000 from 1970, and the Med School received 63 fewer applications this year than last, when it reached an all-time peak...
...death and nothingness is frequent." Both youngsters and oldsters "can pass days in endlessly doing nothing, feeling that there is nothing to do." Besides, the two groups are often alike in being "intensely self-absorbed"; in fact, "the narcissism of old age and the narcissism of adolescence are two peaks in the development of human egotism." Hypochondria, too, can peak in adolescence as well as old age-which Anthony says "is not surprising because, in both, profound bodily alterations are taking place." Frequent changes in self-reliance also occur in old and in young; both alternate between battling for independence...