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Heath's government is confronted with a violent impasse in Ulster, impenetrable problems in Rhodesia, soaring inflation and nearly a million unemployed at home. The treasury announced last month that the pound sterling is worth only 51 pence compared with its value in 1953. The nation is still divided on the Common Market. The color problem is heightened by unemployment, housing and schooling conditions. There are more inflationary wage demands on the way, and more clashes between trade-union power and the government must be expected...
Forsaking the footlights in 1922, Winchell began to pound the backstage beat in earnest for the New York Vaudeville News. He joined the New York Mirror as a columnist in 1929 and began enticing his readers with the latest on what moom pitcher star was seen handholding what sweedee pie at El Morocco. As his following grew, so too did his impudence. Throughout the 1930s, the gang at Lindy's and housewives everywhere sniggered at such items as "Edna St. Vincent Millay, the love poet, just bought a new set of store teeth...
Examples of resourcefulness abound in the studio. Sally Glazer '72, the technical assistant in charge of the clay room, mixed as much as 600 pounds of clay a week during last semester's peak periods. The purchase of large quantities of studio clay, and the careful use of recycled scrap, meant that Glazer could keep the cost of clay under a nickel a pound. Since ready-mixed clay costs two or three times this amount, the studio saved over $600 on clay for the first semester...
...Harvard hopes to pull an upset, the lightweights will have to win big. Penn built a 12-0 lead in its 17-17 tie with the Bulldogs. Princeton, knowing it needed to build an early advantage, told its 118 pound entrant to continually allow Yale to escape so that the Tiger could score five takedowns and a four-point decision. That strategy proved crucial in the close team score...
...pointed to a huge 750-pound bomb with U.S. markings, dated "3-71," which had not exploded. It had been dug up by hospital workers and now lay on the land like a beached seal...