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BEACH'S OTHER reactions to the situation included staring at walls and going to desperate parties. Which was the greater waste of time was a toss-up. Staring at walls had no bad after-effects, but it was also a little difficult to justify to other people. Harvard students generally have this ridiculous misconception that they make good conversation, and are all too ready to inflict it on their friends/victims. Beach found most of them as boring as he found himself, and though an inbred civility made it impossible for him to get rid of them as quickly...
...Toss-Up. Nor is there any certainty that Heath would win. Although the Conservatives seem to have an edge, recent polls show that an election now would be a tossup. Indeed, there is a feeling in many quarters that Britons would prefer to vote against both Heath and Opposition Labor Leader Harold Wilson. As the Financial Times's Joe Rogaly put it last week, "My first reaction [to news that an election might be called] was, goodness, how awful if one of them wins...
...other end of the field senior Charlie Kittredge, all-Ivy as a sophomore, and junior John Taliaferro have secured spots on defense, while the third spot remains a toss-up among several candidates...
...most probably throw the Tigers, the Crimson, and Dartmouth into a three-way tie for the crown. But although Princeton has a number of intangible advantages, including the home pool and an incentive to retain at least a share of the crown, the meet is rated a virtual toss...
...backfield. They then appear to take turns carrying the ball. Amazing if true but possibly a vicious rumor. Colgate has been slugged by Penn but last week crushed Lafayette. Normally I would tab Cornell but the Big Red is very green, so it looks like a toss-up. Call it Red over Rams...