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...Delany expects to hit his peak as a runner by 1960. But even then there may be no one around to force him to a record. There is a good chance that after he retires the admirers of Ireland's Olympic champion will be able to boast that Delany beat them...
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO., March 16--The varsity hockey team missed its golden opportunity tonight. It lost 6 to 1 to Michigan, a team weakened far below its normal peak by NCAA ineligibilities and injuries suffered in tonight's game. The fact is that the Crimson could have won this game...
...recognized about the turn of this century, although the subject has been a part of serious higher education since classical times. From Harvard, it spread rapidly over the country. At present, many major universities including Yale, Chicago, and California are expanding their departments. Geography at Harvard reached its peak of eight faculty members in 1928, and continued at this level until 1948. In 1948, the University, in effect, abandoned the teaching of geography. The reason given was: "Harvard cannot hope to have strong departments in everything...
...mystery surrounding the sale of the Edward G. and Gladys Lloyd Robinson art collection for $3,250,000 (TIME, March 4), was finally cleared up. Not very silent on a peak in St. Moritz, Greek Shipping Tycoon Stavros Spyros Niarchos let it be known last week that he is the collector for whom Manhattan's M. Knoedler & Co. Inc. bought 58 paintings and a bronze from Movie Tough Guy Robinson...
...Built by Pechiney and Ugine, France's two aluminum producers, the new Alucam complex shares the island of Edea in the Sanaga River with a new hydroelectric plant that will supply power for its battery of 208 electrolytic vats. Alucam's yearly capacity, scheduled to reach a peak 50,000 tons by 1959, will be bigger than all but two European plants, eventually account for a quarter of France's aluminum production...