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...quarter-size versions of the Formula 1 racer, powered by 28-h.p. Wankel rotary engines capable of 67 m.p.h. on the open road. The brightly colored Fiberglas bodies are mounted on tubular-frame chassis; spun-aluminum wheels carry oversize Goodyear racing-slick tires. They have automatic transmission and quick-ratio steering; brakes are front-wheel disc and rear-wheel drum. The cars are almost impossible to roll over...
...freshman dean's office expects 1617 new faces the day the Class of 1981 registers--with an all-time low male-female ratio of 1.86-1--but really, it will see 1918 new people. One of them will be Henry C. Moses, the new dean of freshmen. He said this summer he is looking forward to the challenge of breaking into Harvard's traditional bureaucracy, as well as the challenge of meeting and dealing with the problems of the other 1617 freshpeople...
...Quad was bereft of entering freshmen, the Yard was hopping with activity. Although the ratio of men to women remains out of balance--albeit at a better-than-ever 1.89:1--the ratio of frisbees to prospective registrants there yesterday seemed to approach...
...distinguish the class of 1981, which arrived in force Friday and Saturday, from its predecessors. Perhaps the most important change is that the entire class is housed in the Yard. In the interest of more normalized relations between the sexes, the Class of '81 boasts the best male-female ratio in the history of the University: 1.87-to-1. Finally, 80 per cent of this year's crop of future leaders have already declared themselves either pre-law or pre-med, according to the Freshman Dean's Office, a statistic that boggles the minds of those who believe in free...
...woman sweeps by in a slinky dress with a remarkably low decolletage. Heads turn as she passes, leaving a wake of admiring comments. Men seem bent on cornering women, on getting them away from possible competitors, but they rarely succeed. The ratio isn't that good yet, apparently. No one remembers names. Someone actually asked his companion what his SATs were. A guy wearing a Lacoste shirt (the international symbol of preppiness) climbs the stairs in Weld North, claiming he is "trying to perfect his preppie image...