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...Methodical Frankie Parker, fifth ranking tennist in the U.S.: the Spring Lake Invitation tournament; for the eighth time in its nine-year history; beating foxy, aggressive Wayne Sabin (2-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3) in the final; after a three-hour struggle; at the Bathing & Tennis Club, Spring Lake, N.J. A racquet-wielding robot on clay, who has a new model forehand each spring and trades it in every fall, Parker has been defeated only once in eight clay-court tournaments this year...
...after his arrival he paid a three-hour call on Emperor Hirohito. According to an officer of the Imperial Household, "he was deeply moved by the overwhelming honor . . . was greatly relieved after his return that he had made no blunder." Wang: "This is the most glorious day of my life...
...came just as Mexico City's leisurely, three-hour pause for lunch was beginning. Downtown pavements were crowded with office workers. In the narrow streets that lead to the wide Zócalo traffic inched forward, horns blasting imperiously. Then the earth moved...
...ears of U. . music lovers for virtually the first time, but this month that rare event occurs. In 1785 the Canon of the Cathedral in Cádiz, Spain, commissioned some 80 minutes of music from Austria's Franz Joseph Haydn. The music was for the three-hour service on Good Friday, when in Catholic churches seven sermons are usually preached on the Seven Last Words of Christ.* Joseph Haydn furnished an orchestral introduction for these discourses, seven slow interludes, a brief finale. Even without the religious connotations, the Words of Our Saviour on the Cross were a string...
...same time the requirements for the field are fairly exacting. Divisional exams strike almost at once: in his Sophomore year a concentrator takes a three-hour Bible and Shakespeare; in the fall of Junior year, two thirty-minute orals on either Ancient or Modern authors and historians depending upon his special field; and in May of the Junior year a four hour qualifying exam if he expects to be an honors candidate. The first two sets of examinations are mostly chores and certainly should not be an obstacle to entering the field. The qualifying exam on the special field...