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...work. During his first three years he drafted, and quickly signed to contracts each worth $2 million plus, Elmore Smith, McAdoo and DiGregorio. With McAdoo out of position his first year as a forward, Donovan traded Smith to the Lakers in exchange for McMillian. Subsequently, McAdoo blossomed into a topflight, mobile center. Heard, also picked up in a trade, gave the Braves the third member of a whippet-quick front line. Yet Donovan was still not satisfied. In January, "the basketball robber," as Donovan is called by envious competitors, traded for Marin and Matt Goukas...
...Lichtenstein as its new executive director. Lichtenstein turned out to be one of the best things to happen to Brooklyn since the Dodgers won the World Series. Armed with a $300,000 Ford Foundation grant to stimulate modern dance, Lichtenstein concentrated in his first three years on lining up topflight contemporary dance groups who could not afford Manhattan production prices. He organized regular appearances by more than a dozen companies, including the American Ballet Theater, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Martha Graham, Alwin Nikolais and Maurice Bejart's Ballet of the 20th Century...
Garmizey's rejection marked the end of the futile hunt for the mythical leader who would be both a topflight clinician and, in Harvard tradition, the best scholar available. McClelland gave up his attempt to find a person who would satisfy the professional requirements of the American Psychologyical Association (APA) and the NIMH and also the academic requirements of the Social Relations Department and the President's ad hoc committee...
This past season Alabama swam in 12 dual meets and four relay competitions, facing during the dual meet season such powers as Indiana, Tennessee, and Florida. The possibility of more topflight competition for the Tide is strictly up to Gambril...
...MONT TREMBLANT, QUEBEC. Seventy miles north of Montreal, Mont Tremblant makes up in variety what it lacks in size (3,150 ft.). It has some 60 miles of trails, topflight bilingual instructors and hotels that serve food that would do credit to a Lyon chef. Blood-congealing temperatures are common, but Tremblant's well-planned runs and lively atmosphere make it popular with families that appreciate package-price elegance. A week's stay, including full board and lessons: about...