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...around and about the Midwest, a kind of metaphorical setting that catches America and chokes up a seed which somehow holds a whole country. They say that there is a place in Missouri somewhere, where you can stand looking west and know that there is nothing but solid unbroken wheat for a thousand miles. These fields are sparsely but evenly inhabited, just as they are among the corn to the north. Richard Nixon was one of the first to point out something special about the people here--that they are silent. Other things are strange and haunting in a land...
...Adams paced Harvard with 22 points, as a balanced attack placed six men in double figures. Lou Silver had 16, Arnie Needleman 13, Jeff Wheat, Lew Brown 12, and Mike Griffin...
When Harvard center Jeff Wheat fouled out of last night's J.V. contest with 6:18 remaining, the Crimson, down by six points and left with only four players, appeared doomed. But a hard-nosed, 2-1-1 defense, brought coach Bob Hart's squad to a remarkable 72-70 victory over Northeastern at the I.A.B...
...After Wheat fouled out, the Crimson fell behind by seven before beginning to break the Northeastern semi-stall. Harvard scored ten straight points between the 14 and 18 minute marks, transforming a 64-59 deficit into a 69-64 lead...
...prices have been uncontrolled and are rising rapidly. Because 47% of Britain's farm produce is imported, the government is limited in how much it can control. Since the freeze began, a rump of beef has jumped from $1.63 per Ib. to about $2.18. The price of imported wheat has more than doubled in the past year. On top of this, the country's trade deficit is the biggest since World War II. Sterling has dropped a full 10% in value since it started floating last June; the pound is now worth $2.35. The debasing of the currency...